Just say no to the war on drugs

B.A., State University of New York, Old Westbury, 1981; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, 1989.     

Media and tutor-learner interaction in distance education

SUMMARY

Technological developments in recent years have provided greater scope in the selection and combination of media for presenting courses in distance education. This article explores the uses and limitations of a number of ‘old’ and ‘new’ media in distance education from the perspective of their educational and communication advantages. The main emphasis is not on technological developments, but on the potential of various media to create a greater degree of interaction between tutor and student than has previously been possible through traditional media such as print and audio-visual media.     

Health-care reform in Alberta

Abstract: Over the past forty years, the Canadian health-care system has undergone many changes and realized many achievements. Universal coverage, organizational simplicity, high status of health together with a high level of public satisfaction indicate success of the system. And yet, the health-care system began to show signs of strain. Changing consumer expectations, mounting health-care expenditures and a continued emphasis on the institutional sector contributed to the down-side of the success. In response to this, the Alberta government initiated fundamental reform of this complex system. This paper chronicles Alberta's approach in reforming and restructuring the health-care system. It reviews a number of developmental and policy initiatives that set the stage for a health-care reform mind-set in the province. It reviews Alberta's approach to health-care reform from its initial stages to the development of the first Three-Year Business Plan for Health through to the formation of a regionalized health-care system. The paper concludes by offering some preliminary observations of this reform process. Sommaire: Au cours des quarante dernières années, le réseau des soins de santé au Canada a subi de nombreux changements et a beaucoup réalisé. La couverture universelle, la simplicité organisationnelle, un excellent standard de santé ainsi qu'un niveau élevé de satisfaction du public sont autant d'indices de réussite du système. Et pourtant, le réseau des soins de santé a commencéà révéler des symptômes problématiques. L'évolution des attentes des consommateurs, l'augmentation des dépenses consacrées à la santé ainsi que l'accent placé sur le secteur institutionnel sont venus grever ce succès. Pour faire face à ces changements, le gouvernement de l'Alberta a lancé une réforme fondamentale de ce réseau complexe. Cet article présente l'approche de l'Alberta en matière de réforme et de restructuration du réseau des soins de santé. II passe en revue un certain nombre d'initiatives de politique et de développement qui ont obtenu l'appui du public pour la réforme du système. L'article examine la méthodologie de l'Alberta en matière de réforme des soins de santé, à partir de ses premières étapes jusquapos;à la mise au point du premier plan de fonctionnement triennal pour la Santé, et l'établissement d'un systéme de santé régionalisé En conclusion, l'article présente quelques observations préliminaires sur ce processus de réforme.     

Gender,Politics and the State: What Do Middle Eastern Women Want?

The essays that follow are drawn from invited presentations of the Conference Group on the Middle East, which meets annually in conjunction with the American Political Science Association. The essays published here were presented in San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 1996, on one of three panels dealing with gender, politics and the state. Thanks to the continuing generosity of the Ford Foundation, five scholars from the Middle East were able to participate. The contributors would like to thank Farhad Kazemi, Deborah Gerner and Jean Lecafor their excellent comments at the panels. Louis J. Cantori, who has shepherded the Conference Group since its creation by a group of University of Chicago graduates more than a decade ago, deserves special thanks for his tireless commitment.