Case studies have been carried out in The Philippines, South Africa, India, Bangladesh and Brazil and will be used for comparative analysis. For a more comprehensive description of the project, see Review of Activities 1991-98 . The theoretical basis of the project and the methodology used are outlined in an article by A. de Swaan, J. Manor, E. yen and E. P. Reis, Elites and the Perceptions of Poverty and the Poor, in Current Sociology , forthcoming 2000. Two books based on the results so far are being prepared for publication 2000-2001. Financing of the current studies have been secured.
Further financing is sought for more case studies to be commissioned.
Kj nstad, University of Oslo, Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2000. Kj nstad, forthcoming 2000. The 4th workshop in this series will be held in O ati, Spain, in May 2001. Several of the CROP projects relate to questions brought out during the Social Summit and are part of CROP s follow-up of the Summit. The symposium will be held at the International Conference Centre of Geneva, June 28th, 2000.