JOLYNE MELMED-SANJAK is Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Economics and Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at State University of New York, Albany.CARLOS E. SANTIAGO is Chair of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of Labor in the Puerto Rican Economy (Praeger, 1992).ALVIN MAGID is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and Faculty Associate in the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies at State University of New York, Albany.

• Perspectives on Central American Development and Change Economics and Politics in Central American Development: An Overview by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak, Alvin Magid, and Carlos E. Santiago Costa Rica in the 1980's: A Balance of Social Development by Jose Luis Vega Carballo Themes in the Restructuring of the Political Economy External Debt, Structural Adjustment, and the Labor Market by Carlos E. Santiago The Dynamics of Agrarian Policy in United States History: Implications for Contemporary Central America by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak Structural Adjustment and Honduran Agriculture: Some Considerations by Hugo Noe Pino Industrial Democracy and Reindustrialization: Cross-Cultural Perspectives by Alvin Magid The Future of Cooperativism in Central America: Elements for Discussion by Marielos Rojas Viquez The Future Role of Multi-National Enterprise and Foreign Direct Investment by Walter Goldstein Political Integration: A Central American Option by Carlos A. Astiz Recovery or Relapse: Reflections on Central America in the New World Order Central-American External Debt in the Context of Economic Globalization by Jorge Gonzalez del Valle Central America in the Global Economy by Alvaro de la Ossa Understanding Economic Integration: Its Role and Reason in Central America by Dante Ramirez Bibliography Index

JOLYNE MELMED-SANJAK is Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Economics and Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at State University of New York, Albany.CARLOS E. SANTIAGO is Chair of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of Labor in the Puerto Rican Economy (Praeger, 1992).ALVIN MAGID is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and Faculty Associate in the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies at State University of New York, Albany.

• Perspectives on Central American Development and Change Economics and Politics in Central American Development: An Overview by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak, Alvin Magid, and Carlos E. Santiago Costa Rica in the 1980's: A Balance of Social Development by Jose Luis Vega Carballo Themes in the Restructuring of the Political Economy External Debt, Structural Adjustment, and the Labor Market by Carlos E. Santiago The Dynamics of Agrarian Policy in United States History: Implications for Contemporary Central America by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak Structural Adjustment and Honduran Agriculture: Some Considerations by Hugo Noe Pino Industrial Democracy and Reindustrialization: Cross-Cultural Perspectives by Alvin Magid The Future of Cooperativism in Central America: Elements for Discussion by Marielos Rojas Viquez The Future Role of Multi-National Enterprise and Foreign Direct Investment by Walter Goldstein Political Integration: A Central American Option by Carlos A. Astiz Recovery or Relapse: Reflections on Central America in the New World Order Central-American External Debt in the Context of Economic Globalization by Jorge Gonzalez del Valle Central America in the Global Economy by Alvaro de la Ossa Understanding Economic Integration: Its Role and Reason in Central America by Dante Ramirez Bibliography Index

JOLYNE MELMED-SANJAK is Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Economics and Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at State University of New York, Albany.CARLOS E. SANTIAGO is Chair of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Associate Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of Labor in the Puerto Rican Economy (Praeger, 1992).ALVIN MAGID is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and Faculty Associate in the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies at State University of New York, Albany.

• Perspectives on Central American Development and Change Economics and Politics in Central American Development: An Overview by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak, Alvin Magid, and Carlos E. Santiago Costa Rica in the 1980's: A Balance of Social Development by Jose Luis Vega Carballo Themes in the Restructuring of the Political Economy External Debt, Structural Adjustment, and the Labor Market by Carlos E. Santiago The Dynamics of Agrarian Policy in United States History: Implications for Contemporary Central America by Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak Structural Adjustment and Honduran Agriculture: Some Considerations by Hugo Noe Pino Industrial Democracy and Reindustrialization: Cross-Cultural Perspectives by Alvin Magid The Future of Cooperativism in Central America: Elements for Discussion by Marielos Rojas Viquez The Future Role of Multi-National Enterprise and Foreign Direct Investment by Walter Goldstein Political Integration: A Central American Option by Carlos A. Astiz Recovery or Relapse: Reflections on Central America in the New World Order Central-American External Debt in the Context of Economic Globalization by Jorge Gonzalez del Valle Central America in the Global Economy by Alvaro de la Ossa Understanding Economic Integration: Its Role and Reason in Central America by Dante Ramirez Bibliography Index