ANNUAL REPORT International 1968-1969 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. The Cornell University Center for International Studies 1 II. Area and Interdisciplinary Programs 14 Committee on African Studies 14 China Program and the East Asia Center 17 Program on Comparative Economic Development 21 International Agricultural Development Program 23 International Legal Studies 29 International Population Program 32 Project on the International Relations of East Asia 37 Latin American Studies Program 40 London-Comell Project 43 South Asia Program 46 Southeast Asia Program 48 Committee on Soviet Studies 58 Program on Structural Change and Modernization 60 III. Departmental Activities 65 College of Architecture, Art, and Planning 65 Graduate School of Business and Public Administration 67 College of Engineering 71 School of Hotel Administration 75 New York State College of Human Ecology 78 New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations 81 Cornell University Medical College 84 Division of Modern Languages 90 Graduate School of Nutrition 94 New York State Veterinary College 97 IV. Institutional Facilities 98 Center for Housing and Environmental Studies 98 Cornell University Libraries 99 V. Appendices 103 A. Organization and Functions, Center for International Studies 103 B. Directory of University Personnel with International Academic Interests 107 C. Program Reprints, Bulletins, and Monograph Series 121 D. Selected Bibliography 139 THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Staff Director, Douglas E. Ashford Associate Director, Fredrick T. Bent Executive Director, Richard V. Moore Executive Committee—1968-69 Chairman, Franklin A. Long, Vice President for Research and Ad­ vanced Studies Appointed members of the faculty: Mario Einaudi, Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International and Comparative Politics Walter Galenson, Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Economics Walter LaFeber, Chairman of the Department of History and Pro­ fessor of the History of American Foreign Relations Arthur P. Wolf, Associate Professor of Anthropology Ex Officio Members Robert A. Anthony, Law School Representative and Director of International Legal Studies Stuart M. Brown, Jr., Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald K. Freebairn, Director of the Latin American Studies Pro­ gram George McT. Kahin, Director of the Southeast Asia Program Alfred E. Kahn, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences David C. Knapp, Dean of the College of Human Ecology David G. Moore, Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations David P. Mozingo, Director of the China Program and of the Inter­ national Relations of East Asia Project Steven Muller, Vice President for Public Affairs Charles E. Palm, Dean of the College of Agriculture I. The Cornell University Center for Kenneth L. Turk, Director of the International Agricultural De­ velopment Program International Studies Director, Center for International Studies Executive Director, Center for International Studies (rapporteur) The primaly function of the Center for International Studies (CISj is to oster, coordinate, and support the University’s international activities. It was established in July 1961. Cornell was already in the process of setting up the Center when it appeared that substantial financial support might be available from the Ford Foundation to strengthen and expand its international studies. At the time of the mitia Ford grant in 1962, a collage of activities was brought under the administrative umbrella of CIS. The close relationship of the vanous programs with CIS has had the effect of consolidating and nia mg visible the full dimensions of international studies at Cornell and has facilitated the careful allocation of resources from various ZulS: J r thC CIS Umbrdla Were Anguished activities uch as the China Program and the Southeast Asia Program, whose histones antedate the Center. Developed almost simultaneously with th. IT f International Agricultural Development Program and called af Amencan Studies Program, two major innovations that cell lo“n5UPPOrt “d high'IeVel neg0liati°n fOT their s- oM9fi7r large,grant fr°m the Ford ^“ndation in the spring Padul t S bega" t0 “Plore new devices for improving its comin, hmg and reSearch m international studies. In addition to mam mterest in the effectiveness and well-being of the ’'ere1 focufed the nter develoPed several small projects which n roblem areas search in °f P ^d on cross-national studies. Re- ^siiPrrdeT6 °f uhGSe nGW eff°rtS’ ^ International Relations of East waTtheTraZ*8 8T m thG faH °f 1967‘ Another of the Center’s efforts charged v 7 Siructural ChanSe and Modernization, which was wit/partindaf aS SCed m°ney f°r research and teaching efforts P r leference to methodological innovation in comparative and cross-national research and teaching. The Center has also developed teaching activities, conducted by members of the permanent Cornell faculty to supplement the regular offerings of Cornell’s separate schools and departments. To date, the Center’s teaching efforts have been focused primarily at the graduate level. new knowledge devein™ in • ve action. Moieover, much During the 1968-69 academic year, the CIS staff, assisted by the Evaluation Committee, conducted an in-depth review of the achieve­ ments and future role of the Center. The goal of the study was to develop a set of recommendations concerning the futuie responsibili­ ties and relationships of the Center. The staff was particularly con­ cerned with finding ways to maximize the Center’s capacity for inter­ disciplinary innovation on major problems of public policy. backgrounds who are Dieoared ,1 l d Students from diversified The Evaluation Committee recommended that the Center have a more clearly defined role in the future; specifically it should begin to as ssk work in academically substantive areas. While continuing to support existing area and functional programs, the Center should begin to develop innovative teaching and research activities. intermediarv entitv ™ k ■ , Precisedy that it serve as an A number of new steps were taken during the past year under the stewardship of the CIS director, Professor Milton J. Esman, of the Department of Government. As part of the general goal of developing innovative, interdisciplinary programs, two subsidiary themes have emerged. The first of these is predicated on a conviction that com­ faculty, whetevL they are fn tnn ge''erate ,deaS and ‘“.interest parative studies are becoming of fundamental impoitance to social problem-centered research." va ive international teaching and sciences in general and to international studies in pai ticular. Acting upon this conviction, the CIS staff organized a series of meetings with various program directors and faculty to discuss the feasibility of Current Activities initiating comparative and problem-oriented studies which could diav upon the detailed regional knowledge that has been built up over the y A second theme that has emerged from the Center’s developmental efforts is the desirability of concentrating on a limited number ol substantive problems that are important, intellectually exciting, inter­ esting to faculty and students and can engage faculty from severe 116 ear iest disciplines and professional schools. The process of defining some ot elude lerfnr a ^ ^ possible moment. Activities in these topics was initiated two years ago, and, during the past year, seas and domes™c7 distinguished visitors, over- has moved ahead on a number of fronts to define, strengthen, or es^ publication J research projects, conferences, student training and tablish several new programs. The genesis and the substance < £?^as •nidat.Ve°sn0SraPhS' F°ll0Wing “ 3 b”et enumeration 3 cur these efforts are further detailed in the next subsection. It might be of interest to share some of the staff’s thinking on general question of academic innovation. As is well known, the c ^ Teaching international studies at rent organization of knowledge in most educational institutio E UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL based on a firmly established set of disciplines that are structur )' stitutionalized in departments and linked national y an level This program will present the social and technological sciences planning as a major problem of the contemporary world. in an integrated fashion, showing the complementarities on both the The unifying theme of this expanded program will be the rela­ conceptual and the methodological levels. At the outset, the focus will tionship of policy, administration, and communications problems to be upon the social sciences, but inputs from technological aieas aie the development of family planning programs in an international and being developed. These concepts and methodologies will be presented comparative perspective. in terms of their use in dealing with, and providing insights into, some of the major problems that the international system faces today, for example, the management of conflict, relationships among rich and PEACE STUDIES PROGRAM poor nations, and the implications of technological changes for inter­ The Center, in cooperation with the Program on Science, Technology, national relations. and Society is now engaged in developing a research and teaching The first course in the four-course series will be offered in the piogiam in this crucial problem area. An important innovation spring of 1971. The title will be Integration and Decentralization: of the Piogram on Science, T. echnology, and Society' is the close Competing Forces