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Suggests that typically health policy is concerned both with the overall level of health, and with its distribution among the population. The health-related quality of life of a population needs to be measured by some generic preference-based instrument which takes into account the values of the entire population, since everyone who is affected by health care priority setting has an ethical right to have their views heard in the interests of accountability, the more that policy formulation and performance can be quantified, the better. (Original abstract - amended)

THE COUP OF 25 MAY 1997 CAME AS A SURPRISE TO MOST OBSERVERS OF THE POLITICAL SCENE IN SIERRA LEONE. FOR MANY IT WAS A MAJOR BLOW STRUCK AT THE HEART OF A NASCENT DEMOCRACY, ONE WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT TOLERATE. A LOOK AT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN RULE POINTS TO CERTAIN DANGEROUS PITFALLS IN THE PATH TO SUSTAINED DEMOCRACY. THIS BRIEFING DRAWS ATTENTION TO SOME OF THESE PITFALLS AND THE UNDERLYING REASON FOR THE RECENT BLOW AT DEMOCRACY.

THIS CASE STUDY OF THE LUSO-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION PLACES PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE LEGAL AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES WHICH HAVE TO BE TACKLED IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP AND DEVELOPING AN AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT FUND. ALTHOUGH THIS EXAMPLE OF AN AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT FUND HAS SOME CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ARE NOT UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE, MANY OF THE PRACTICAL LESSONS LEARNED MAY BE USEFUL IN THE PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS FOR SETTING UP AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN AFRICA. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES BY DISCUSSING PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS IN THE FIELDS OF ORGANIZATIONAL, FISCAL AND LABOR LAW, AND HOW NECESSARY LEGAL CHANGES MAY BE EFFECTED. AUTONOMY, MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT AND EVALUATION ISSUES ARE ALSO EXAMINED.

This book critically examines the European Union's "Unity in Diversity" mantra with regard to language. It uses a theoretical framework based on hegemony both as a system and as a relationship. Operating within sociolinguistics, the book replaces the notion of ideology in poststructuralist thought with that of hegemony. The authors argue that forging unity across language communities contradicts the tenets of classical liberal theory. Global neo-liberalism influences this orthodoxy, shifting the parameters of power and political control. Over nine chapters, the authors cover topics such as globalization and social change, justice, governance and education. The book will be of interest to sociolinguists, political scientists, sociologists, as well as scholars of language and globalization and European studies. Glyn Williams is a former Ford Foundation Foreign Fellow and was educated at the University of Wales, UK, and the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Prior to retirement he worked at the University of San Francisco, USA, Bangor University, UK, Cardiff University, UK and Ramon Llull University, Spain. He is author or co-author of thirteen books and more than a hundred academic papers. Gruffudd Williams is an independent scholar educated at University College, London, UK, and Oxford University, UK. He went on to work at the European Commission in Brussels. He is currently employed in private practice at the London office of an international law firm.

Lesley Williams is forced to leave Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement and her family at a young age to work as a domestic servant. Apart from a bit of pocket money, Lesley never sees her wages - they are kept 'safe' for her and for countless others just like her. She is taught not to question her life, until desperation makes her start to wonder, where is all that money she earned? So begins a nine-year journey for answers which will test every ounce of her resolve. Inspired by her mother's quest, a teenage Tammy Williams enters a national writing competition. The winning prize takes Tammy and Le

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: A Tale of Telltale Clues -- Chapter 2: Death in a Dumpster -- Chapter 3: Bugging Out to Fight Crime -- Chapter 4: The Case of the Walruses That Lost Their Heads -- Chapter 5: A Dinosaur Detective -- Chapter 6: The Puzzle of the Perplexing Person -- Chapter 7: A Future in the Forensics: Prepare for a Career in Forensic Science -- Chapter Notes -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover