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While acknowledging the ability of the European Union to advance towards greater political and economic integration, this book questions the wisdom of the European 'project'. Economic and monetary union is a risky venture even for the convergent countries of the continent - let alone divergent Britain - as the uncertain birth of the Euro proves. Political union, moreover, remains an elite aspiration which weakens democratic accountability and lacks popular legitimacy. The likelihood is that the full scope of EU integration will also reveal profound limits.

THE BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE HAS AN UNRIVALED REPUTATION FOR IMPARTIALITY AND ACCURACY, AND IT OPERATES WITHIN A STRONG TRADITION OF MINISTERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT SOME SEE IT AS A CLOSES AND MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE STRUCTURE WHICH IS IMPERVIOUS TO CHANGE AND IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT INTERNAL PROCESSES THAN RESULTS. THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SOME OF THE REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE PAST AND PROPOSALS FOR NEW REFORMS. EACH REFORM HAS HAD ITS OWN PARTICULAR FOCUS BUT THEY SHOULD BE SEEN, NOT AS A SUCCESSION OF DISCRETE EXERCISES BUT AS A SERIES OF EVOLUTIONARY STEPS WHICH ARE TAKING A MONOLITHIC, CENTRALIZED, HORIZONTALLY-STRUCTURED CIVIL SERVICE TOWARDS SOMETHING MORE FEDERAL AND VERTICALLY-BASED. THE MOST RECENT AND THE MOST FAR-REACHING OF THESE REFORMS IS THE "NEXT STEPS" INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED BY THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN FEBRUARY 1988.

In an exploration of the influence of judges' ethnic identities on their sentencing of ethnic minorities, archival records on 245 cases involving jury trials are perused to examine the sentencing of felony defendants by Anglo & Hispanic judges in El Paso County, TX. Analysis shows that Hispanic judges are not influenced by defendant ethnicity. However, Anglo judges sentence non-Hispanic defendants less severely than Hispanics, who receive sentences similar to those meted out by Hispanic judges. 2 Tables, 34 References. Adapted from the source document.