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This book, first published in 1989, examines the creation and implementation of Communist policy in Vietnam during the crucial period between the 1954 Geneva Conference and the establishment of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam in December 1960. This study challenges long-held views about the origins and nature of the Viet Cong. It carefully examines the various stages in the struggle for national liberation' during this period, reviews the consequences of the failure of purely political means to achieve reunification and then focuses on the struggle between the Diem regime and the Communists.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I: The Turn to Nonprofits -- 1. Contracting for Services in the Welfare State -- 2. Nonprofit Organizations and Community -- Part II: The Contracting Regime -- Introduction to Part II -- 3. The Political Economy of Nonprofit Revenues -- 4. Guardians of Community and Issues of Governance -- 5. Service Providers for the Welfare State -- 6. Services and Clients under Contracting -- 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit -- Part III: Implications for the Welfare State -- 8. The New Politics of the Contracting Regime -- 9. Privatization in Human Services: A Critique -- 10. Government, Nonprofit Agencies, and the Welfare State -- Tables -- Notes -- Index

We propose a remedy for the discrepancy between the way political scientists analyze data with missing values and the recommendations of the statistics community. Methodologists and statisticians agree that "multiple imputation" is a superior approach to the problem of missing data scattered through one's explanatory and dependent variables than the methods currently used in applied data analysis. The discrepancy occurs because the computational algorithms used to apply the best multiple imputation models have been slow, difficult to implement, impossible to run with existing commercial statistical packages, and have demanded considerable expertise. We adapt an algorithm and use it to implement a general-purpose, multiple imputation model for missing data. This algorithm is considerably faster and easier to use than the leading method recommended in the statistics literature. We also quantify the risks of current missing data practices, illustrate how to use the new procedure, and evaluate this alternative through simulated data as well as actual empirical examples. Finally, we offer easy-to-use software that implements all methods discussed.

The beginning of the 21st century in Croatia has been marked by significant changes, as well as the continuing of social trends formed in the first decade of the transition period. This is also a time when Croatian efforts to join the European Union are becoming more intense. The process of European integration and the European Union as an institutional expression of a united Europe have become the most important topics to the political and wider public. Citizens, who are burdened with a number of problems, especially those of the socio-economic character, are for the most part only passive observers of political moves undertaken by those in power, but that is sufficient for their attitudes to form towards European integration and Croatia' s place in the united Europe. Specific issues are touched upon, including the questions about the readiness of Croatia and its citizens to join the EU, as well as the potential advantages and disadvantages, that is, winners and losers in the process of accession to the European Union. In this context, the young appear as the one segment of the population that is relevant in many ways as a research subject. To be more specific, an insight into the readiness and the relationship of citizens toward the inclusion of Croatia into the European integration process, requires that special attention be given to the young, for they should be the ones who will spend most of their lives in a new and different social and political surrounding. Thus, their attitudes to the European integration of Croatia and their readiness for adequate participation in that process become, if not decisive, then certainly important for the success of that process, both from the viewpoint of Croatia and its citizens and from the viewpoint of the EU. Besides, the young are that portion of the population which is most sensitive to different influences, which is why changes taking place in the modern society may be detected in them first. In this introduction, we will specify the conceptual framework and the social context within which the social attributes of youth are being subjected to empirical research, as an indicator of their readiness for integration into a European environment, as well as their relationship toward European integration and Croatia' s inclusion in the EU. We will also extend an explanation of the methodology used and the structure of the sample, while theoretical approaches to the chosen research problems will be elaborated specifically in each portion of the research.

Afghanistan has come to be seen as emblematic of the security threats besetting peace and security operations, and in this article we consider the response to such threats via the 'bunkering' of international staff. Drawing on an in-depth qualitative survey with aid and peacebuilding officials in Kabul, we illustrate how seemingly mundane risk management procedures have negative consequences for intervening institutions; for the relation between interveners and national actors; and for the purpose of intervention itself. Bunkering, we argue, is deeply political–'imprisoning' staff behind ramparts while generating an illusion of presence and control for ill-conceived modes of international intervention.

"FES Youth Studies Southeast Europe 2018/2019" is an international youth research project carried out simultaneously in ten countries in Southeast Europe among which is Croatia. The main objective of the survey has been to identify, describe and analyse attitudes of young people and patterns of behaviour in contemporary society. The data was collected in early 2018 from 1500 respondents aged 14–29. A broad range of issues were addressed, including young peoples' experiences and aspirations in different realms of life, such as education, employment, political participation, family relationships, leisure and use of information and communications technology, but also their values, attitudes and beliefs.

ABSTRACTWhat information can I trust? What sources should I include in my paper? Where can I find a quote that fits my argument? Undergraduates ask instructors, classmates, and/or librarians these questions. Meanwhile, instructors bemoan the gap between their expectations for student writing and the finished products. Navigating a large volume of scholarship and critically evaluating potential sources is straightforward for faculty who have long passed key information literacy (IL) thresholds. However, students usually have not reached these thresholds themselves. We offer practical tools—grounded in a new framework for teaching IL—to address these challenges. We demonstrate how instructors can (and should) teach IL skills, with or without direct assistance from librarians. We recommend encouraging students to build context around information sources and slow down as they search. Implementing these tools moves students from passively synthesizing a limited set of (possibly biased) materials to engaging in genuine scholarly inquiry.