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Many citizens are no longer interested in the events in Brussels & criticize the lack of efficiency & transparency. For the EU to remain politically capable of acting &, at the same time, for its structures to become more democratic, the author, a member of the Konvent zur Zukunft Europas (Convent of Europe's Future), suggests the need for an ambitious reform of the EU's governing system. Adapted from the source document.

The German systems of social state security have reached their financial & legitimate limitations due to the manifold social processes of change within. The author outlines reform proposals regarding the social state such as model variants of & alternatives to the basic security. In order to avoid the creation of future judicial dilemmas, a new compromising combination of both main representations of justice is necessary. 8 References. E. Sanchez

The author analyses the Third World Conference against Racism which took place in Durban from 31 August - 8 September 2001. Considering the work of the Conference and the adopted documents - the Declaration and Program of Action - she focuses her attention on the following three dominant topics the Middle East conflict, reparations for the period of slavery and colonialism, and human rights and rights of minorities.

Are the fields of nonprofit management and public management naturally complementary, or are they substitutes? Briefly surveying the nonprofit literature on board governance, volunteer management, and performance measurement, the author shows that study of the third sector can help inform public management's "big questions". As such, nonprofit studies and scholarship should represent an improvement to public administration curricula and a fertile source of ideas for public managers.

In this article, the author develops a hypothesis regrading the circulation of elites and applies it in particular to the judicial sector. Using a database built for this purpose on Spanish judicial elites, the article shows that in this subject area, and despite the change of regime undergone since 1975, the continuity of elites is strong. Moreover, this research approach shows that the judicial sector itself is subject to sectorialisation.

Thierry Deffarges — The cocaine economy : Elements of a quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The cocaine economy is subject to imperfect and incomplete information due to its illegal nature. Besides, analyses of interactions between production and consumption are missing. The purpose of this article is thus methodological, empirical and theoretical. From a purely deductive method, the author seeks to assess the importance of cocaine supply and demand.

Mentoring is an increasingly important function for career success. Many special groups, however, including minorities and women, have difficulty finding a mentor. One solution is virtual mentoring—selecting and interacting with mentors on the Internet. The author discusses advantages of virtual mentoring over other forms of mentoring, describes examples of Internet mentoring for various special groups and purposes, and suggests future directions for Internet mentoring.

page dubois is Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego and the author of Sappho Is Burning (University of Chicago Press, 1995), Torture and Truth(Routledge, 1991), Sowing the Body: Psychoanalysis and Ancient Representations of Women (University of Chicago Press, 1988), andCentaurs and Amazons: Woman and the Pre-History of the Great Chain of Being (University of Michigan Press, 1982).

Although Indian trade unionists support the notion of labor rights as human rights, they oppose efforts to incorporate into the World Trade Organization any standards set and controlled by transnational corporations in northern governments. Arbitrary WTO standards can contribute to massive unemployment and would inevitably contribute to protectionism. Instead, the author argues for the need to protect worker rights without the threat of trade sanctions.

Examines participation in the primary and demographic and attitudinal differences between Internet voters and voters who cast their ballots by mail or by submitting paper ballots at the polls; based on pre-election and post-election telephone surveys.

In part of a colloquium titled "A Consensus on Missile Defence?" the author contends that Ivo Daalder's & Christopher Makin's (2001) four-point proposal for a transatlantic consensus on missile defense in its present form will not gather support & that changes are necessary. He critiques point by point & asserts that continued discussion should include America's allies, Russia, the People's Republic of China, & other interested nations. Adapted from the source document.