Survival and song: Women poets of the Harlem Renaissance

This paper concerns Black women poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Considered by modern critics to have adopted anachronistic subject matter and to be out of step with the militant race‐consciousness of the period, these poets have been largely neglected in discussions of the 1920's, despite the fact that this was the most significant flowering of Black women's writing until the 1960's. I provide an interpretive model that reveals the rebellious messages in this verse, one that helps explain the poets’ imaginative choices by placing them in their historical context and linking them to a female poetic tradition. This approach makes clear the affirming nature of Renaissance poetry by women and makes it accessible to us today, anticipating as it does contemporary issues and forging a modern sensibility.     

The Case for wealth taxation

Abstract: This paper explores the reasons used to support the omission of wealth tax from the federal tax base. The primary reasons for the demise of the former inheritance tax are examined in order to anticipate arguments which may be made against the rein-troduction of wealth taxation. The author bases her main arguments on the need to enhance vertical equity in the taxation system by distributing tax burdens in a progressive manner in accordance with an individual's ability to pay. Wealth taxation may also play a role in impeding large concentrations of wealth. Moreover, if wealth taxation does in fact contribute to ameliorating income and wealth disparities, then substantive equality of opportunity may become a reality rather than a vision of Canadian society. The main concer's often voiced against the introduction of new wealth taxes are examined and found wanting. In particular the author examines the economic concerns, on both macro and micro levels, which are often raised against the imposition of wealth taxation. The author concludes that taxation on transfers of wealth and annual net worth are warranted, hit cautions that considerable care, planning and sensitivity must accompany their proposed structure and implementation. Sommaire: Cette étude explore les raisons invoquées pour recommander I'omission de I'impôt sur la fortune de I'assiette d'imposition fédéale. L'auteur examine les principaux motifs de I'abrogation de I'ancien impôt sur la succession afin d'anticiper les arguments qui pourraient être présentés contre la réintroduction de I'impôt siir la fortune. Elk fonde ses principaux arguments sur la nécessité d'accroître I'équité verticale du système d'imposition en répartissant progressivement les fardeaux fiscaux selon les capacités financières de chaque contribuable. L'impôt sur la fortune pourrait aussi contribuer à empêcher les grandes concentrations de richesse. En outre, s'il est vrai que cet impôt permet d'amenuiser les disparités de revenu et de richesse, il se pourrait qu'unk véritable égalité de chances devienne une réalité plutôt qu'une simple vision dans la société cana-dienne. 1,'auteur se penche sur les principales préoccupations exprimées à I'encontre de nouveaux impôts sur la fortune et constate que les arguments ne tiennent pas. Elk étudie tout particulièrement les aspects ékonomiques, aussi bien à une macro-échelle qu'à une micro-échelle, qui sont souvent invoqués pour faire opposition à I'impôt sur la fortune. L'auteur conclut clue les impôts sur la fortune ou les transferts sur la fortune et I'actif net annuel sont justifiés, mais elle signale que la conception et la mise en place des structures proposées devront se faire avec énormément de soin, de planification et d'attention.     

Context effects on procedural justice: Effects of interrelatedness,trust, and penalty on procedural preferences

The relationship of context to procedural preferences was studied by examining the effects of interrelatedness, trust, and penalty on preferences for adversary and inquisitorial hearing procedures. Subjects imagined themselves members of different communities and were led to believe that they had been accused of committing an offense of which they knew they were innocent. Interrelatedness, trust, and penalty interacted to affect subjects' ratings of both hearing procedures. Subjects in highly trusting settings (i) preferred the inquisitorial procedure more than those in nontrusting settings and (ii) preferred the adversary procedure less than their nontrusting counterparts. A penalty effect was also found. As penalty increased, subjects increased in their preference for the adversary procedure and decreased in their preference for the inquisitorial procedure, but only in noninterrelated communities. The implications for prior research and for the role of interrelatedness in procedural choice are discussed.     

Maria Edgeworth's Fostering Art and the Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

Maria Edgeworth, writer of lengthy treatises on education as well as novels often accused of an overbearing didacticism and marked by the influence of her father's rationalist, Enlightenment ideals, and Oscar Wilde, writer of urbane and sparkling society comedies as well as one scandalous, decadent novel, are rarely evoked together.