“…Waiting times are a serious health policy issue in the 12 countries involved in this project (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). …”

“…The contributions to this timely volume detail the process as carried out in eight diverse countries, all of whom have recently enacted policy initiatives towards the third sector: UK US Canada Hungary Germany Ireland Israel Japan The studies are comprehensive: from reviewing the current policy, enacting new laws, supervisory mechanisms, and modes of funding. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Imagined community or grand illusion: Towards a Common European Past -and Future / by Siobhan Kattago -- Politics and Memory in Post-Communist Europe / by Georges Mink -- Proposing a New European Narrative: The House of European History Project / by Martí Grau Segú -- The Politics of the Past in Latin America: The Historian's Responsability and Tricks Played by the Memory / by Claudia Wasserman -- Does the French State Conduct a Politics of Memory / by Sarah Gensburger -- The Dialectical Relations Between National and International Reflection on the Crimes of the Nazi Regime and the Recognition of Victims: the Example of Germany / by Thomas Lutz -- The Privatizacion of Memory in Spain and its Consequences / by Ricard Vinyes -- Commemoration in Ireland: Each to Their Own / by Adrian Kerr -- Latvian-Russian Memory Wars / by Oksana Chelyseva -- An Italian Reflection on History and Memory / by Marcello Flores and Claudio Silingardi -- Fear and Memory Politics in Brazil / by Caroline Silveira Bauer -- Deadmocracy? …”

“…Having described the changing nature of the political culture, addressing partisan dealignment, changing morality, the decline of religion and class fragmentation, he examines, on a chapter by chapter basis, the key issues of British politics today: the economy, the welfare state, law and order, race relations, the particular problems affecting Northern Ireland, devolution, constitutional reform, rights, the environment, issues of gender and sexual orientation, European integration and the European Union, the impact of the European Union on Britain, ending with a brief summary of the issues that are likely to take centre stage in British politics in the first decade of the new century. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ACADEMIC LIBRARIES - A LITERATURE REVIEW -- ROLES OF COACHING AND MENTORING IN ATTRACTING RECRUITS AND SOCIALIZING ENTRANTS TO THE PROFESSION -- DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH TO PARTNERING IN THE FORMAL MENTORING PROCESS -- PEER COACHING FOR THE NEW LIBRARY -- TRANSMISSION OF A PROFESSIONAL CULTURE: TRANSITION MENTORING -- Four Generations in One Workplace -- GENERATIONAL TUG-OF-WAR - PLAYING NICE BETWEEN MILLENNIALS AND BABY BOOMERS IN A MULTI-GENERATIONAL STAFF -- THE INTERNAL WORLD OF LIBRARIES AND THE CHALLENGE OF CIVILITY -- WORKFORCE PLANNING: A CASE STUDY - INITIATIVES TO POSITION THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WORKFORCE TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS -- Wanted: New Managers, New Leaders -- GROWING NEXT GENERATION LIBRARY MANAGERS - ARE NEW LIBRARIANS RELUCTANT TO STEP INTO MANAGEMENT? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Constitution of Greece: EU Membership Perspectives -- Part IV: The Post-Totalitarian Constitutions of the ‘New’ Member States from the Post-Communist Area: A Detailed Bill of Rights, Rule of Law Safeguards and Constitutional Review Entrenched after the Recent Memory of Arbitrary Exercise of Power -- Chapter 15. …”