Bipolar View Research Articles

Exchange Rate Regimes: Is the Bipolar View Correct?

The bipolar or two-corner solution view of exchange rates is that intermediate policy regimes between hard pegs and floating are not sustainable. This paper argues that the proponents of the bipolar view have probably exaggerated their point. The right statement is that for countries open to international capital flows, softly pegged exchange rates are crisis-prone and not sustainable over long periods. However a wide variety of flexible rate arrangements remains possible; and monetary and exchange rate policy in most countries should not and will not be indifferent to exchange rate movements.

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government—Exchange Rate Regimes: Is the Bipolar View Correct?

The bipolar or two-corner solution view of exchange rates is that intermediate policy regimes between hard pegs and floating are not sustainable. This paper argues that the proponents of the bipolar view have probably exaggerated their point. The right statement is that for countries open to international capital flows, softly pegged exchange rates are crisis-prone and not sustainable over long periods. However, a wide variety of flexible rate arrangements remains possible. Monetary and exchange rate policy in most countries should not and will not be indifferent to exchange rate movements.

Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries: Filling in the "Hollow Middle"?

Following the 1997-98 financial turmoil, crisis countries in Asia moved toward either floating or fixed exchange rate systems, reinforcing the bipolar view of exchange rate regimes and the hollow middle hypothesis. But some academics have claimed that the crisis countries' policies have been similar in the post- and pre-crisis periods. This paper analyzes the evidence and concludes that, except for Malaysia, which adopted a hard peg and imposed capital controls, the other crisis countries are floating more than before, though less than real floaters do. Further, the crisis countries' policies during the post-crisis period can be justified on second-best arguments.

Post-Crisis Exchange Rate Policy in Five Asian Countries Filling in the 'Hollow Middle'?

Following the 1997-98 financial turmoil, crisis countries in Asia moved toward either floating or fixed exchange rate systems, reinforcing the bipolar view of exchange rate regimes and the hollow middle hypothesis. But some academics have claimed that the crisis countries` policies have been similar in the post- and pre-crisis periods. This paper analyzes the evidence and concludes that, except for Malaysia, which adopted a hard peg and imposed capital controls, the other crisis countries are floating more than before, though less than real floaters do. Further, the crisis countries` policies during the post-crisis period can be justified on second-best arguments.

When José Met Sally: Chicano Theatre in L.A. at Grassroots and Mainstream

Playscript development programmes have been a significant breeding ground for new American drama since the mid'sixties, and in 1986 the Chicano playwright and director José Cruz González started a playwright development workshop specifically for the Latino community. Here, Eugene van Erven provides a bipolar view of the current Latino theatre scene in southern California by documenting the tenth anniversary session of González' Hispanic Playwrights Project at South Coast Rep, and at the same takes a wider look at grassroots community theatre initiatives in the Chicano neighbourhoods of Los Angeles. Eugene van Erven teaches in the American Studies programme at Utrecht University. Author of The Playful Revolution (Indiana University Press, 1992) and Radical People's Theatre (Indiana UP, 1988), he also designs and produces intercultural theatre projects.

Hegemonic and Bipolar Perspectives on the New World Order

Theory: Two contending structural approaches, hegemony and bipolarity, are used to examine the frequency of important systemic phenomena during the Cold War era. Hypotheses: Increased bipolarization and military imbalance between the superpowers lead to increases in systemic disturbances. Increased hegemonic control and increased support for hegemonic leadership lead to fewer systemic disturbances. Higher levels of bipolarity and hegemony are predicted to covary with increasing status inconsistency. Methods: Maximum likelihood estimation (using a generalized event count estimator) of data on interstate war, crises, and foreign policy activity; and regression analysis of status consistency. Results: Systemic dynamics during the Cold War fit the assertions of the hegemonic model. Increased hegemonic control is associated with fewer wars, crises and foreign policy activity. Predictions from the bipolar view are not supported.

A Response to Bohn

I'M PUZZLED BY MR. BOHN'S RESPONSE to my essay, particularly his claim that I present a bipolar view of recent trends in new music with 'school of complexity' pitted against 'new romantic' school. Nowhere in my paper do I define or advocate a of complexity! One of reasons for my initiating forum on complexity was to try to stir up a reaction to European-based notion of a school of New Complexity, and to present a pluralistic counterpoint of views originating in both Europe (Ferneyhough, Toop, Finnissy, Erber, and so on) and America (Burge, DeLio, Smith, Drury, Sims, Truax, and so on). I feel that two parts of forum, taken together, provide a nicely balanced panoply of opinions. In last section of my essay, I use John Rahn's phrase the complex coherence necessary faithfully and imaginatively to express world.

A Reply to Boros

IN HIS WINTER 1993 Perspectives article Why Complexity? James Boros presents a bipolar view of recent trends in music with 'the school of complexity pitted against the new romantic school, presenting the former as a musical savior and the latter as a dungheap. It is absolutely unnecessary begin an advocacy of one trend by first attacking a claimed, yet unqualified, antithesis. One tires of these Artusi/ Monteverdi, Hanslick/Wagner, Adorno/Stravinsky discourses where one school points its sword in the air, announcing the common enemy all that is holy and sacred. Boros attempts discredit the new romantic school by claiming that it fails to explore the limitless inner spaces of the imagination, with the understanding that artistic creation is both life-affirming and lifethreatening. Here Boros not only borrows from antiquated Freudian

Androgyny and its relation to adolescent psychosocial well-being: A review of the literature

The theoretical and empirical literature on androgyny in adolescence is reviewed in this paper. The traditional bipolar view of sex roles and more recent models of sex role development are contrasted. Then the research literature on the relation between sex role orientation and psychosocial well-being in adolescence is reviewed. From a review of several research articles on the topic, it is concluded that it is masculinity and the masculine component of androgyny that is most associated with both male and female adolescents' psychosocial well-being. This conclusion is discussed in light of current issues in the area of sex roles.

Role Perceptions and Role Evaluation of Indian Urban Political Elites: A Punjab Case Study

Research Article| September 01 1983 Role Perceptions and Role Evaluation of Indian Urban Political Elites: A Punjab Case Study Yogendra K. Malik Yogendra K. Malik Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1954) 23 (9): 1062–1080. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644107 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Yogendra K. Malik; Role Perceptions and Role Evaluation of Indian Urban Political Elites: A Punjab Case Study. Far Eastern Survey 1 September 1954; 23 (9): 1062–1080. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/2644107 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAsian Survey Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright 1983 The Regents of the University of California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

A multi-level, bipolar view of the urban residential environment: Local community vs. mass societal forces

A multidisciplinary review of the urban literature reveals that theory can be ranged along two bipolar continua—individual vs. aggregate levels of analysis and equilibrium vs. conflict models of behavior. Research employed such bipolar conceptualizations to examine the persistence or deterioration of local community structure in a contemporary urban environment. A two-year ethnographic community study was conducted in Syracuse, New York and Onondaga County. Also examined were program processes of an experimental program designed to enhance neighborhood organization and social networks of 157 families living in ten randomly selected neighborhoods. Data collection methods included participant observation supplemented by archival research and in-depth interviews with community leaders. It was found that both bipolar models were necessary to illuminate processes at work within a city experiencing a sharp decline in population and in economic activity. Three coping strategies employed by city institutions to counter this decline were distinguished, but it was observed that often such strategies led to disruption of residential neighborhoods. We concluded that while local community structure remains in some neighborhoods, conflict between residential and nonresidential interests poses an ever more serious threat.

Psychological testing in depressive illness. I. Psychomotor performance.

SYSNOPSISThis paper presents findings from a controlled investigation of psychomotor performance in depression and mania to test Court's (1968) continuum model. This model proposes that, unlike the common bipolar view of depression and mania, there is a continuum ranging from normal, through depression, to mania. Simple reaction time measures did not confirm this hypothesis. However, results of more complex psychomotor performance did provide some confirmation, and, also, provided evidence of a ‘central processing’ deficit in both manic and depressed subjects.