Since the first public offering in 1985 asset backed securities (ABS) are one of the most rapidly growing segments of the U.S. capital markets. Finding its genesis in the refinancing of mortgages in the United States, ABS are structured by packaging a pool of financial assets, such as automobile...

...They regard the selection of school textbooks as an internal affair and argue that foreign governments merely utilise the issue for their own ends when they are in domestic trouble or need a scapegoat. ...In this article, the issue will be regarded in the context of bilateralJapanese-South...

The Internet, like other new technologies, will undoubtedly affect civil society and the workings of activists, citizens´ groups, and the political process as a whole. But how radical will this impact be, and precisely how will the Internet change the way citizens´ groups act?