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Three types of strategies have been common for court reform programmes: the 'holistic', the 'tactical', and the 'strategic' approach. This Research and Policy Note discusses strategic court reform and its underlying ideas. Its main intention is to alert those involved in judicial reform to some of the pitfalls and choices connected to particular types of interventions. The concluding remarks will comment on the political nature of judicial reform and on a model to design a proper sequence of interventions for judicial reform.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction to the English Edition -- Preface to the Chinese Edition -- Social Scientific Research Serves Reform -- An Overview of the CESRRI Survey -- Part I Reform-Past Achievements, Present Challenges and Future Policy Choices -- 1. Summary Report -- Appendix: Notes on the CESRRI Survey -- Part II Achievements of Reform -- 2. The Role of the Two-Tier Price System -- 3. The Present Management Environment in China's Industrial Enterprises -- 4. The Public Response to Price Reform

Official organ of the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Merged with: The Civil service record, ISSN 0190-4159, to form: Good government.

Coalitions have always played an advocacy role in policymaking, but they are increasingly regarded as a form of community capacity that can be harnessed to civic ends. As explored in this study of urban school reform in Oakland, California, this civic view of coalitions confronts a tension between the cohesiveness and the inclusiveness of coalitions. Coalitions unified around cohesive goals and beliefs are often narrowly based, which can encourage the formation of rival coalitions. By contrast, reform coalitions that build broad‐based support across the community may have difficulty developing coherent reform strategies. Using a social network analysis of key stakeholders to analyze the challenges of building civic capacity in Oakland, we find that the school district's recent reform experience more closely resembles an advocacy coalition than a broad civic coalition. The article then explores strategies for developing a broad civic coalition by expanding the existing advocacy coalition. We use the network analysis to identify opportunities for brokerage across individuals, institutions, and issues.

In what ways are current civil service reform efforts similar to and different from the qualities that characterize the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA)? These issues are explored by examining the new personnel authorities granted to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and to the Department of Defense (DoD) in the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). In many respects, current reforms preserve some of the ideas behind CSRA or they derive from the authorities included in the CSRA. In other respects, current reform departs from the CSRA model and new ideas related to enactment, design, and implementation of civil service reform have emerged. Furthermore, a new argument emerged in DHS and NSPS that had never before appeared in any public discourse on personnel management reform: the link between federal personnel management policy and national security.

The phrase immigration reform has been around since the early history of the country, and its meaning varies according to different social perspectives of whether to admit more immigrants or limit their numbers. Sociologist Nestor Rodríguez argues that while immigration reform may open the door for some new immigrants, invariably it keeps other immigrants out, sometimes because of restrictive regulations adopted by the administering government agencies.

This book addresses the notion that education reform must be tied to issues of community inequality which are the principal contributors to low achievement. Bluntly put, education is not the way out of poverty, but reducing poverty is crucial to education.

Robinson Woodward-Burns— The federal framers signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. The following July 4, Philadelphians celebrated the Constitution's ratification with a mile-long "Grand Federal Procession," led... READ MORE
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Examines why military reform has proven difficult in Central and Eastern Europe and prospects for future restructuring.

This volume explores topics relating to tax reform in the United States by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. Tax reform refers to the process of changing the way taxes are collected or managed by the government. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Unauthorized Immigrants: Who they are and what the Public Thinks -- 2. Executive Action on Immigration is Necessary -- 3. Executive Action on Immigration Sets a Dangerous Precedent -- 4. Obama has the Law-and Reagan-on his Side on Immigration -- 5. Crafting a Successful Legalization Program: Lessons from the Past -- 6. Mass Legalization for Unauthorized Immigrants is a Bad Idea -- 7. Yes, Amnesty Encourages More Illegal Immigration -- 8. Legalization of Unauthorized Immigrants would Benefit the US Economy -- 9. Legalization of Unauthorized Immigrants would Burden the US Economy -- 10. The Green Economy and a Path to Citizenship -- 11. A Path to Citizenship should not be a Part of Immigration Reform -- 12. Should there be a Path to Citizenship? -- 13. Immigration Reform as a Path to Conscience, not Just Citizenship -- 14. A Guest-Worker Program is the Best Immigration Reform -- 15. Amnesty is the Only Feasible Solution to the Immigration Problem -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover

After ten years of determined reform, Hungary has constructed the legal and policy frameworks consistent with market democracy, and is nearing completion of an historic economic transition. This challenging process required extensive regulation and institution building, as well as massive deregulation, and has generated significant economic benefits. Today, convergence with the EU and achievement of OECD best practices still represent daunting tasks. But in most areas, Hungary faces challenges much like those of other OECD countries in establishing the quality regulatory regimes needed to supp