Review Essay on Zero-Base Budgeting

House Committee on the Budget, Zero-Base Budget Legislation , 94th Congress, 2nd Session
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Sunset Act of 1977 , 95th Congress, 1st Session
Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Economy and Spending Reform Act of 1976 , 94th Congress, 2nd Session
Senate Committee on Government Operations, Compendium of Materials on Zero-Base Budgeting in the States , 94th Congress, 2nd Session     

抓稳定促团结开创辽宁城市民族工作新局面--城市民族工作典型经验介绍

我省现有城市人口 162 0万 ,占全省总人口的 3 8.6% ,城市少数民族人口 15 0万 ,占城市人口的 9.3 %。城市少数民族人口比例居全国第 3位。近些年来 ,随着社会主义市场经济的发展 ,我省地区间、民族间、城乡间的人口流动和往来日益频繁 ,城市化进程加快 ,城市少数民族人口比例呈上升趋势。在这种大背景下 ,城市民族工作产生了与以往不同的新情况和新特点 :一是热点问题增多 ,许多当前改革中产生的社会问题突出地反映在民族问题上 ;二是复杂性增强 ,少数民族成份增加 ,居住却日趋分散 ,民族意识表现强烈 ;三是民族工作基层性加深 ,街道、社区、企业中的民族工作量日益扩展、加大。我省城市民族工作如何面对新形势、新问题 ,探索符合城市民族工作实际的新思路、新办法、新模式 ,这是当前我省民族工作的重要任务。本刊在本期刊登了本溪市河西街道办事处和抚顺矿务局城市民族工作典型经验 ,期望对开创辽宁城市民族工作新局面有所裨益     

Current trends in Nordic historical research

In this article the defining outlines of Icelandic defense policy are examined, initially by drawing parallels between requests in 1663 and 2003 for Icelandic participation in military measures, having as their source a supposed threat from the Middle East. In this synthetic approach, five pillars of Icelandic defense policy are suggested, among them protection from a greater power, i.e. the ‘borrowed sword’. The article concludes with a fictious response from the 17th century Icelandic Church Synod to a request by President Bush for Icelandic support of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.