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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With the exception of a brief period of American control in the first half of the twentieth century, conflict has persisted in the Mindanao, the southern island group [...]

There are two significant dates in the history of Canadian elections. The first was 1874 when changes ensuring the secret ballot and simultaneous voting were approved. The second was the [...]

This article summarizes recent developments relating to accountability. It examines institutional characteristics that diminish Parliament's ability to hold Ministers and Officials to account and looks at prospects for improved accountability [...]

Democracy in America is flagging. By most accounts, we are spending our democratic inheritance--the stores of social and political capital built upon great eras of public policy--faster than we are [...]

Mark Latham is the leader of the opposition in Australia. He has strong plans for the business community. The labor partyEs position on many issues, including industrial relations is discussed at length.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on August 12 appointed Jukay Hsu (pictured), founder of the community development organization Coalition for Queens (C4Q), to the Queens Library (QL) Board [...]

Many small public entities do not have resources available to guide them in managing their risks. Also, many agents and brokers serving the small public entities are unfamiliar with the unusual risks faced by these special clients. This article introduces the basic vocabulary of public risk management and explains how public entities' exposures differ from those of private sector entities. Guidelines for establishing sound procedures for public office actions, fair employment, and documentation are given. A brief summary of risk financing options concludes the article.

Nigeria's central bank pioneers a new method to shore up the local currency YOU might think Godwin Emefiele, the governor of Nigeria's central bank, had problems enough. The collapsing oil [...]

JOHN STONE'S RESPONSE (Quadrant, July-August) to my remarks on the release of the 1976 Cabinet Papers does not provide any evidence to contradict my account of some of the significant [...]

Officials in Charge of Insurance Affairs Alabama: Walter Bell, Insurance Commissioner, 201 Monroe St., Suite 1700, Montgomery, AL 36104, (334) 269-3550 Alaska: Linda Hall, Director of Insurance, Robert B. Atwood [...]

Byline: Colin Wilhelm New York City's Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, today announced the launch of a financial consumer education web app called AGScamHelp. The site lets consumers look up housing [...]

The Bank of England sticks to its low-rate promise RECOGNISING that fragile economies need strong leaders, Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, aims for an air of [...]

There was disturbing evidence at this week's ISBA lunch that Labour has some mugging up to do before it can be trusted to run the country Asked by Paul Bainsfair, [...]

Islamabad -- Dato Zakri Abdul Hamid, the Science Advisor to the PM of Malaysia, and Prof. Nidhal Guessoum of American University of Sharjah, have launched the Muslim-Science.Com's Task Force on [...]

The bedroom tax will probably survive ON A sunny spring morning, a small group of protesters wait at the Department of Work and Pensions with a giant card for Iain [...]

The Federal Reserve's new forward guidance is hazy AMERICA'S top economist faced a tough task in her first press conference. Janet Yellen (pictured), the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve, [...]

As Janet Yellen prepares to take over at the Fed, the omens are good WHEN Ben Bernanke became chairman of the Federal Reserve (America's central bank) eight years ago, unemployment [...]

John M. Carey is associate professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis. Publications include Presidents and Assemblies: Constitutional Design and Electoral Dynamics (1992), Term Limits and Legislative Representation (1996), Executive Decree Authority (1998), and Term Limits in the State Legislatures (2000), as well as articles in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Public Choice, and Electoral Studies. Richard G. Niemi is Don Alonzo Watson Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Recent publications include Vital Statistics on American Politics, 2000-2001 (with Harold Stanley), Term Limits in the State Legislatures (with John M. Carey and Lynda W. Powell), Civic Education: What Makes Students Learn? (with Jane Junn), and Comparing Democracies (with Lawrence LeDuc and Pippa Norris). Currently revising Controversies in Voting Behavior (with Herbert Weisberg) and Comparing Democracies. Lynda W. Powell is professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. Recent publications include Term Limits in the State Legislatures (with John M. Carey and Richard G. Niemi), Serious Money: Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns (with Clifford W. Brown, Jr., and Clyde Wilcox), and articles on issue representation in Congress and congressional campaign contributors in American Journal of Political Science, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Journal of Politics.