Ethics in International Research: the Debate over Clinical Trials of AZT to Prevent Mother-to-Infant Transmission of HIV in Developing Nations

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

Breakthroughs in the early 1990s in the treatment of AIDS in the US and other developed countries were bleakly complemented by continued increases in the incidence of AIDS and persistently high mortality rates in poor countries, especially those...

Centrelink: A Service Delivery Agency in Australia (Abridged)

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When the reform-minded government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard takes office in 1996, it initiates a whirlwind of government "reinventions". Among these is a dramatic change in the nation's Department of Social Security (DSS), the...

Centrelink: A Service Delivery Agency in Australia (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When the reform-minded government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard takes office in 1996, it initiates a whirlwind of government "reinventions". Among these is a dramatic change in the nation's Department of Social Security (DSS), the...

Centrelink: A Service Delivery Agency in Australia

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When the reform-minded government of Australian Prime Minister John Howard takes office in 1996, it initiates a whirlwind of government "reinventions". Among these is a dramatic change in the nation's Department of Social Security (DSS), the...

Corruption in La Paz: A Mayor Fights City Hall (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When a young, former mining executive with no previous elective office experience is elected Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia in 1985, he expects to attack notorious inefficiency and overstaffing aggressively. But, within weeks, Mayor Ronald MacLean...

Corruption in La Paz: A Mayor Fights City Hall

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When a young, former mining executive with no previous elective office experience is elected Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia in 1985, he expects to attack notorious inefficiency and overstaffing aggressively. But, within weeks, Mayor Ronald MacLean...

The East New York Urban Youth Corps and Community Policing: A New Initiative in the 'Dead Zone'

Publication Date: August 03, 1999

The efforts of a nonprofit community development corporation to renovate the housing stock of one of Brooklyn's most dangerous and dilapidated neighborhoods hits a roadblock in the early 1990s: many blocks are simply too crime-ridden to be able...

Legislation and Leadership: The Maintenance of Parents Bill Debate

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

To what extent should legislators and legislation be shaped by public opinion? The question lies at the heart of Singapore's 1995 struggle with the issue of whether or not to effectively mandate "filial piety" -- the traditional Asian obligation...

Legislation and Leadership: The Maintenance of Parents Bill Debate: Sequel

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

To what extent should legislators and legislation be shaped by public opinion? The question lies at the heart of Singapore's 1995 struggle with the issue of whether or not to effectively mandate "filial piety" -- the traditional Asian obligation...

Community Development and Community Policing in Seattle's Chinatown International District (A)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When a community development corporation seeking to improve the housing and quality of life in Seattle's Chinatown "international district" approaches the Seattle police, it receives a chilly reception. The neighborhood, though it had endured a...

Dealing with Unexpected Opposition: The Singapore Tourism Board and the Chinatown Enhancement Plan (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When a powerful government agency, the Singapore Tourism Board, explores the idea of publicly-supported renewal of the city-state's so-called Chinatown district, it goes through an elaborate process of community consultation. Yet when the plan...

Dealing with Unexpected Opposition: The Singapore Tourism Board and the Chinatown Enhancement Plan

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When a powerful government agency, the Singapore Tourism Board, explores the idea of publicly-supported renewal of the city-state's so-called Chinatown district, it goes through an elaborate process of community consultation. Yet when the plan...