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The diverse People's Global Action (PGA) was founded in 1998 to protest neoliberalism & its institutions via direct action. The transnational collaboration achieved in the PGA & its challenges in the areas of resources, organizational culture, & coalition experience differences are examined using minutes & reports from meetings, interviews, & surveys of participants. The PGA's North-South differences in participation, the unique organizational structure, & the organization process are described. Despite the differences between group members, mechanisms of structure (decentralization), identity, grassroots organizing, & avoidance of Northern domination within the coalition help achieve collaboration & participation. Tables, Appendixes, References. M. Pflum

Examines the political development of Belarus from the last years of Soviet rule through the first decade of postcommunist transition to democracy, focusing on the emergence & evolution of the party system. Factors contributing to the movement toward democratization in newly independent Belarus are identified, along with those facilitating a virtual reversal of this tendency since 1996. It is argued that, though legitimate parties have developed, they have failed to create a stable party system capable of counterbalancing larger & older power relations. Data collected during interviews with political leaders in the late 1990s are drawn on to analyze party organization & effectiveness. Specific procedural (ie, structural & electoral) incentives that parties must have if they are to win voter trust & support & create an institutionalized party system are identified. 1 Table, 1 Figure. K. Hyatt Stewart

"In a cross-national analysis, the authors analyse an OSCE project that took place in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: the ODIHR Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting Training. Questions focused on organizational aspects of the seminar as well as on content. Two questions were designed to find out about the link between the participants and the respective OSCE Centres. Several questions were dedicated to the influence of the seminar on the participants' successive work. While the evaluations of the exchange of experience between trainer and participants differed to a great extent, most respondents agreed that the training was successful with respect to adaptability, impact, cost effectiveness and visibility. The competency of the OSCE in human rights issues was judged positively." (author's abstract).

"In a cross-national analysis, the authors analyse an OSCE project that took place in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: the ODIHR Human Rights Monitoring and Reporting Training. Questions focused on organizational aspects of the seminar as well as on content. Two questions were designed to find out about the link between the participants and the respective OSCE Centres. Several questions were dedicated to the influence of the seminar on the participants' successive work. While the evaluations of the exchange of experience between trainer and participants differed to a great extent, most respondents agreed that the training was successful with respect to adaptability, impact, cost effectiveness and visibility. The competency of the OSCE in human rights issues was judged positively." (author's abstract)