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Israel's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions at the founding of the state of Israel. Through a presentation of the drafts of Israel's Declaration of Independence in English for the first time, Neil Rogachevsky and Dov Zigler shed new light on the dilemmas of politics, diplomacy, and values faced by Israel's leaders as they charted the path to independence and composed what became modern Israel's most important political text. The stakes began with war, state-building, strategy, and great power politics, and ascended to matters of high principle: freedom, liberty, sovereignty, rights, and religion. Using fast-paced narration of the meetings of Israel's leadership in April and May 1948, this volume tells the astonishing story of the drafting of Israel's Declaration of Independence, enriching and reframing the understanding of Israel's founding and its ideas - and tracing its legacy.

Project Head Start was initiated during an optimistic era when many believed that intelligence could be vastly improved through environmental input. This extreme position holds many dangers. The search for the brief periods in development when intervention will yield life-long benefits has also been misleading; all stages of life deserve their own program focus. Head Start has held a unique position as a national laboratory for the design of effective interventions for children and adults. The program has served as a base from which to experiment with various services and approaches such that those found to be successful can be expanded or can spawn related efforts. Ways to improve Head Start's orientation include the admittance of children from all socioeconomic levels and the use of social competence, instead of IQ score changes, as the criterion by which to evaluate the success of early intervention. A promising future direction would be to expand its Child and Family Resource Programs, where arrays of services are offered in one neighborhood center. With adequate funding, the evolution of Head Start is assured, since the program has been flexible, innovative, and a stable foundation from which to move forward in social programs for children and families.

Die Arbeit untersucht die Überlebenschancen von Betrieben, die von Frauen gegründet wurden. Zugrunde liegen Daten, die aus Gewerbeanmeldungen in Oberbayern zwischen 1980 und 1988 (Vollerhebung) gewonnen wurden. Mit Methoden der Ereignisdatenanalyse wird festgestellt, "daß die Überlebenschance der von Frauen gegründeten Betriebe insgesamt genauso gut sind wie die Chancen der von Männern gegründeten Firmen. Bei der Branchenverteilung der Gründerinnen konnte die Bevorzugung von frauentypischen Bereichen bestätigt werden. Die 'token'-These von Kanter läßt sich anhand der Daten bestätigen: Frauen, die in Branchen mit hohem Frauenanteil gründen, können ihre Betriebe länger am Leben erhalten als Frauen, die sich in männerdominierte Branchen wagen. Der entgegengesetzte Effekt trifft auch für die Betriebe von Männern zu." (pag)