A Critical Analysis of the MND Criteria for Feigned Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Forensic Practice and Research

Forensic neuropsychology continues to grapple with critical determinations of response styles, including the assessment of malingering. The development of the Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction (MND) model has been highly influential for both feigning research and neuropsychological practice. In striving to be a comprehensive model of malingering, MND proposes complex criteria for ascertaining possible, probable, and definite levels. In its critical review, this article suggests the possibility of an MND bias towards the over-classification of malingering. It also examines the limits of MND research to adequately test the MND model. The conceptual and empirical limitations of MND are discussed with reference to theory and neuropsychological practice.     

Protest: tradition and change

Analyses of political development in colonial Africa have largely concentrated on the role of the educated elite in the emergence of nationalist movements. In recent years some attempt has been made to fill out this one-dimensional view through the study of early and more broadly based protest movements in various colonial territories. This paper takes as its subject matter the records of riots which occurred on the Gold Coast between 1890 and 1920. These disturbances are taken as an index of non-elite protest while an analysis of case-studies indicates their significance for political developments leading to the emergence of nationalist parties.     

The quiet crisis and the emergence of La Relève: A study of crisis perception and executive leadership within the Canadian federal public service, 1997–2002

Abstract: In 1997, then‐clerk of the Privy Council Jocelyne Bourgon reported to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien that a “quiet crisis” existed within the ranks of the federal public service. After years of restraint, privatization, deregulation, downsizing, pay freezes, salary cutbacks, hiring moratoriums and staff reductions, the clerk reported that the members of the public service were suffering from a crisis of identity and purpose. To address this problem, the Privy Council Office launched La Relève, a program of crisis management designed to resolve the immediate tensions faced by the public service and to promote the renewal and rejuvenation of the public service at the beginning of the 21st century as it dealt with a variety of mega‐trends affecting public‐service delivery. La Relève marked the beginning of a decade of close attention to human resource management within the federal public service. But was there actually a crisis within the federal government in 1997? Using in‐depth interviews with a wide variety of senior public‐service insiders, this article explores three schools of thought found in Ottawa respecting “the crisis” and assesses the use of crisis management in this case for framing public‐sector modernization policy. Sommaire: En 1997, Jocelyne Bourgon, alors greffière du Conseil privé, signalait au Premier ministre Jean Chrétien qu'il existait une «crise silencieuse» au sein de la fonction publique fédérale. Après des années de restriction, de privatisation, de déréglementation, de compression d'effectifs, de gel des salaires, de réductions de salaires, de suspension du recrutement et de réductions d'effectifs, la greffière signalait que les membres de la fonction publique souffraient d'une crise d'identité et de raison d'être. Pour s'attaquer à ce problème, le Bureau du Conseil privé a lancé La Relève, programme de gestion de crise conçu pour résoudre les tensions immédiates auxquelles faisait face la fonction publique et pour promouvoir le renouveau et le rajeunissement de cette dernière au début du XXI^e siècle alors qu'elle subissait diverses tendances majeures qui exerçaient une influence sur la prestation des services publics. La Relève a marqué le début d'une décennie au cours de laquelle on a porté une grande attention à la gestion des ressources humaines au sein de la fonction publique fédérale. Mais est‐ce qu'une crise régnait véritablement au sein du gouvernement fédéral en 1997? Grâce à des entrevues approfondies avec une grande variété de hauts fonctionnaires, le présent article examine trois écoles de pensée prévalant à Ottawa au sujet de «la crise», et évalue l'utilisation de la gestion de crise dans ce cas pour formuler une politique de modernisation du secteur public.     

Implementing Community obligations in the realms of intellectual property

Legal context. The various Acts of Parliament governing UK intellectualproperty law have been significantly amended to give effectto Community law. This article discusses the powers used bythe Secretary of State to implement Community obligations andthe Court of Appeal's recent clarification of the scope of thosepowers. Key points. This article describes the concerns expressed bysome commentators on the scope of the powers under the EuropeanCommunities Act 1972 and the key cases on that scope, includingOakley v Animal. The article uses the implementation of performers'moral rights as an example of where going beyond strict Communityobligations is necessary. Practical significance. The article will be useful to anyoneconsidering the validity of the changes made to domestic law,including amendments to primary legislation, to implement Directivesor other Community obligations.     

A minister as an agent of policy change: the case of unemployment insurance in the seventies

Abstract. A relationship of mutual dependence characterizes the interaction of cabinet ministers and senior public servants in the public management process. Public servants tend to be prominent in the administrative aspects of public management while ministers tend to dominate the policy-making aspects. Ministers are greatly dependent on the technical expertise of public servants in order to succeed within the routine or administrative domain of public management. However, two essential functions, surveillance and legitimation, are the main responsibilities of ministers, not of public servants, during the innovative or policy-making phase of public management. Furthermore, an effective performance of these two functions may enable a minister to become a major agent of policy change or policy reform. This thesis is supported by an analysis of the development of unemployment insurance in the 1970s. Bryce Mackasey, the minister responsible for introducing a new scheme of unemployment insurance in 1971, carried out surveillance and legitimation functions so effectively that he became a major agent of policy reform. Once his successors, Robert Andras and Bud Cullen, began to routinize the program, their surveillance and legitimation skills became increasingly unnecessary and inconspicuous. At the same time, public servant activity in the public management process began to grow more noticeable. Sommaire. Une relation de dépendance mutuelle caractérise l'interaction des ministres du Cabinet et des fonctionnaires d'échelon supérieur dans le processus de gestion publique. Les fonctionnaires ont tendance â jouer un rôle important dans les aspects administratifs de gestion publique tandis que les ministres ont tendance à en dominer les aspects d'élaboration de politiques. Les ministres comptent beaucoup sur l'expertise technique des fonctionnaires lorsqu'ils ont affaire à des questions de routine ou d'ordre purement administratif. Cependant, la surveillance et la légitimation sont deux fonctions essentielles qui constituent les principales responsabilités des ministres et non des fonctionnaires pendant la phase d'innovation ou d'élaboration de politiques de gestion publique. De plus, un ministre qui exerce ces dew fonctions avec efficacité a de grandes chances de devenir. un important agent de changement ou de réforme politique.