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Following Robert Elgie, Skach defines a semi-presidential constitution as a dual executive system, in which the head of state is a popularly elected president with a fixed term of office and the head of government is a prime minister who is responsible to the legislature Robert Elgie, 'The Politics of Semi-Presidentialism,' in Semi-Presidentialism in Europe, ed.

A review essay on books by (1) Richard Beardsworth, Derrida and the Political (London: Routledge, 1996); & (2) Jon Simons, Foucault and the Political (London: Routledge, 1995). The objective of Beardsworth's book is to re-address the misunderstanding about the political dimension of deconstruction that occurred in the 1980s. He contends that deconstruction is politically informed. The book discusses Derrida's geneaology of violence as applied to Saussurean linguistics & Kafkian literature, Derrida's tertiary structure of violence as applied to Kant's moral & legal formalism, & Hegel's ethical life & the aporia of time. Beardsworth's analysis does more to point out the limitations of the deconstruction method than of the political thought of Kant & Hegel. Simon's book both reconstructs Foucault's critique of modern political rationality & elucidates his affirmative theoretization of new modes of subjectivity. It underscores Foucault's reliance on Kant & Nietzsche & evaluates Foucault's impact on contemporary political theory, eg, feminism. M. Pflum

This article reports the results of a survey of family friendly programs offered by a randomly selected sample of public organizations The results suggest public agencies vary in the number of programs offered Although respondents believe implementing these programs is in the best interest of their organizations, they have little evidence to support this conclusion. Few organizations select programs systemically or assess the needs of employees prior to program implementation Only slightly more evaluated the effects of those programs The implications of these results and suggestions for the evaluation of family friendly programs are presented

"The primary idea behind this book is to provide a platform for the sharing of contributions from the doctoral students of the Entrepreneurship and International Business group at the Department of Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). The talented group, consisting of students from countries such as Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Kazakhstan and Russia, are studying across various topics relating to Digital Transformation for Entrepreneurship and its related subjects. This thus creates a ripe opportunity for the sharing of perspectives from different theoretical and methodological applications. The book's chapters study decision-makers of small entrepreneurial firms, both start-ups and mature, as the primary target group, digging deep into their insights on recent and fresh research findings produced by the doctoral students as part of their studies. Therefore, the book fulfills two main objectives: 1. Entrepreneurial firms will get concrete ideas and recommendations as to how to address and/or improve their entrepreneurial activities/approaches to entrepreneurship triggered by digital transformation, and 2. The doctoral students will get a unique opportunity to expand their scientific writing skills while at the same time having an opportunity to present their findings in a way that is considered relevant and impactful by practitioners. The scientific quality of each chapter has been ensured by the participation of two experienced scholars and supervisors - one of whom is the head of the Entrepreneurship and International Business group, and an active researcher on the book's topic - who have closely monitored the development process of the book."