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"In War, I Discovered the Resilience of People" - An Interview with Dr. May Majdalani

The peripheral slum population in urban Latin America is still characterized, despite much research to the contrary, as a focus of discontent and political disruptiveness. The resilience of this approach lies in its being imbedded in a more general and unquestionably accepted definition of the slum population as culturally primitive and, hence, most frequently irrational.

Civil servants in GB have suffered diminishing respect over the last decade. Reasons for this are briefly noted, & qualities that future civil servants should develop to restore public & government confidence in them are discussed, including: (1) integrity; (2) expertise; (3) efficiency in resource use; & (4) ability to adopt new & more participative management styles. Additional, more personal qualities are also noted, eg, patience, resilience, optimism, & humility. J. Cannon.

This study examines the Florentine economy and women's role in it from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. The changes that took place in the Florentine economy as it adapted to new economic opportunities undermine the notion of economic decline and suggest instead considerable resilience. The changes that took place helped to produce and were themselves the product of the growing participation of women in the economy.

The french civil service since 1945 -Overview

The French Civil Service reflects to a large extent a complex social reality engaged in a permanent evolutionary process. The author shows, on the basis of rather legalistic principles, the French System has managed to overcome the inherent rigidity of structures and mentality and to adjust to the big changes that have occurred over the past thirty years. Despite the difficulties entailed by these changes, the French Civil Service has evidenced its resilience, while upkeeping the tradition of basic principles.

For a little over twenty years the Meiji press demonstrated a remarkable degree of vitality, resilience, and strength of purpose in the face of severely repressive laws of which the most onerous and irksome were those authorizing the government to ban and suspend publications. When, in March 1897, the 26th Century Affair culminated in the passage of revised press laws eliminating that dreaded power, the new freedom was largely the product of leadership which came from the press itself, and particularly from that part of the press often characterized as 'conservative', 'right-wing', 'nationalist' or even 'ultra-nationalist'.