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SCHOLARS FROM A WIDE VARIETY OF POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES HAVE BEGUN TO TALK ABOUT GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY AS A WAY OF CONCEPTUALIZING POLITICAL RESPONSES FROM GRASSROOTS GROUPS TO THE FORCES OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION. BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL NGO'S WORKING IN CENTRAL AMERICA IN THE 1980'S, THIS ESSAY ARGUES THAT CRITICAL THEORY PROVIDES THE BEST GUIDE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATE AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS AND THE DIVERSE FORMS OF POWER AND OPPRESSION THAT ARE PRESENT WITHIN GLOBAL SOCIETY.

This article examines the initiatives of the Alberta/Northwest Territories Region of Employment and Immigration Canada in the implementation and continuing development of employment counselor training within the context of changing economic conditions and policy changes. Initiatives have included innovative group approaches, a program of competence maintenance and enhancement, and the development of an accountability framework for employment counseling. Future directions for training are also examined.

How the "haircut" provision protects executives from the threat of corporate insolvency.

When deciding whether or not to fund a nonqualified retirement plan, management must weigh the corporate funding objections of cash flow, profit and loss, and desired security for benefits.