FNF Malaysia

Occasional Papers4Occasional Paper 16
Europe and Education
Ulrich van Lith, 2006
Competing educational and training systems strengthen Europe and her member states. A European capital market for investment in human capital has to increase the competitiveness and integration of Europe. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 15
An Overview of Parental Choice Education in the United States
Jennifer Marshall, 2006
Choice in education in the US leads to mor equality of chances and give more opportunities to disadvantaged student from a low-income family background. School choice has improved the achievements of public schools and their students and has contributed to more contendment of the parents. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 14
The Impact of Dezentralized Knowledge on Education
Peter A. Henning, 2006
How does the extreme growth of data and knowledge and its half-life period affect the use and quality of education. Education in the 21st century will means the access to electronic lressources of learning – at any place and not ending at a certain age. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 13
The state versus the Poor
David C. Berliner, 2006
the positive correlation between family income and educational achievement has the effect that in the US the school system does not reach ist goals. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 12
The Use of International Comparative Assessment Studies
Jaap Scheerens, 2006
International comparative educational assessment studies can be useful in analysing and comparing the average national standards, the differences between the achievements of schools and students, and the effects of given pre-conditions of the school system. They can answer question about efficiency and quality standards. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 11
Sustainability criticised
Richard D North, 2005
“Sustainability” has become something like a universal standard of politics beyond criticism. But what’s behind this? In his paper “Sustainable Development: A Concept with a Future?” British publicist Richard D. North points at the weak spots in this concept. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 10
Between Freedom and Censorship. Asian Political Parties in Cyberspace
James Gomez, 2005
During the last decade the internet became more and more important as an instrument of political campaigning and discussion. The political parties of Asia use this method too, but in very different ways. James Gomez describes in this paper the latest developments in this area.PDF-File

Occasional Paper 9
Human Rights and the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism
Rafael Pardo Rueda, 2005
The countries of Latin America face two threats: political terrorism and organized based on illicit drug trade. The fight against these threats gave the military forces the opportunity to defend their importance and their power during the ongoing process of democratization. The principles of the rule of law are not fully or not at all applied on their actions. Rafael Pardo, a former defence minister of Columbia explains how the fight against security threats became a threat to human rights itself and offers some proposals to improve the legal framework. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 8
The Drug War Against Civil Liberty and Human Rights
David B. Kopel, Michael Krause, 2005
In 1971 President Nixon launched the modern war on drugs. It is fought today by a huge expensive bureaucracy and militarized police units. The authors analyze how this policy violates America’s founding principles of individual liberty, limited government, and federalism and present some reform proposals. PDF-File

Occasional Paper 7
Liberty in the Modern World
Richard D. North, 2005
Modern people have more freedom than any in history, but perhaps understand it rather less. The author wants to remind ourselves that liberty – rights and freedoms – flows from good government and order and not at least from responsible citizens. PDF-File