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Human Rights and Foreign Policy.

Offering a perceptive study of the urgent human rights issue of trafficking in persons, this important book analyses the development and effectiveness of public policies across Eurasia. Drawing on multi-method research in the region, Laura A. Dean explores the factors behind anti-trafficking strategies and the role of governments and activists in combating labour and sexual exploitation. She examines the intersection of global strategies and state-by-state approaches, and uses the diffusion of innovation framework to cast new light on the impetus and implementation of different policy typologies. Identifying the strengths, weaknesses, and best practices in human trafficking policies around Eurasia, Dean's book will appeal to a wide range of students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.--

Concern for international human rights is well entrenched in the rhetoric of Canadian foreign relations. This book is one of the first comprehensive efforts to present, assess, and explain the actual effect which this concern has had on Canada's foreign policy.

The scope of public human resource policy is outlined. Motivation for the need of transparency in this policy is provided in terms of informational asymmetries, human capital externalities, and long planning horizons. Transparency is defined both along a time dimension - ex ante and ex post - and by a taxonomy due to Geraats (2014), referring to different facets of decision-making, implementation, and outcomes: political, economic, procedural, policy, and operational transparency. Five aspects on human resource policy relevant for transparency are considered: efficiency and equity, input utilization, learning outcomes, the dimensioning of education, and benefits and costs. Finally, suggestions for improved transparency are considered. These involve devoting resources to research on the measurement of human capital externalities, facilitation of ex ante benefit-cost analyses preceding human resource policy decisions, and strengthening of political accountability through intermediate follow-ups during policy implementation, combined with commitment of funds to finance independent evaluations of the policy's effects.

The article is based on research on civil society in Russia conducted for the Committee of Civil Initiatives by the Centre of Political Technologies in June-July 2013. It compares the Western model of civil society with its understanding in non-Western nations. The author analyses historical evolution of the Russian society and provides assessment of its current standing. He concludes that non-governmental organisations and civil activities in Russia develop under conditions of low mutual trust among the population and between society and state. The lack of trust of governmental bodies to civil initiatives is clearly reflected in the latest legislation on "foreign agents". The remaining unfavourable conditions are likely to continue to hinder progress of Russian civil society for the years to come. The foundation for the research created the data from surveys, in-depth interviews and group discussions. ; Статья написана по материалам итогового доклада исследования о состоянии гражданского общества в России, осуществленного Центром политических технологий по заказу Комитета гражданских инициатив в июне — июле2013 г. В ней проводится сравнение между западной моделью развития гражданского общества и пониманием этого феномена в других культурных контекстах. Автор анализирует эволюцию российского гражданского общества и диагностирует современное его состояние. Он обращает внимание на то, что некоммерческие организации и гражданский активизм развиваются в условиях низкого доверия российского населения друг к другу и к государству. Аналогичным образом власть также не испытывает доверия к обществу и общественным начинаниям, что ярко проявилось в законодательстве об «иностранных агентах». Сохраняющиеся неблагоприятные условия не позволяют рассчитывать на стремительный прогресс в развитии гражданского общества в ближайшие годы. Источниковой основой исследования стали данные социологических опросов, глубинных интервью и групповых дискуссий.