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Essay in a symposium on international statesman Max van der Stoel and his important contribution to promoting security and human rights. Adapted from the source document.

The slow growth of civilization and the early meagerness of tested knowledge in any but the most pressing and practical matters undoubtedly conditioned and determined the nature of primitive collective thinking. Large assumptions had to be made about all things. Trial and error methods were slow methods. Only in his late maturity as knowledge multiplied has man found ways of testing the validity of an hypothesis so that assumption-making could become a tool of advancement rather than a controlling mechanism. Superstition, a large component in the culture of even the most advanced peoples, was an inevitable adjunct of progress. As institutions grew their ideologies contained such elements. Only new institutions that have grown out of the later crises of mankind have had the benefit of assumption testing so that their ideologies are freer of medicine-man thinking. It is not the purpose of your speaker to deal primarily with assumptions or ideologies. My task in discussing the growth of Utah institutions is: (1) To define institutions and clarify their functions; (2) To point out and present a possible remedy for the chief weaknesses in institutions; (3) To clarify institutional seedbed potentialities in this state; (4) To discuss certain general aspects of institutional growth in Utah, and (5) To illustrate from research materials the nature of group processes as they influence institutions.

Myanmar has long been rigidly centralized. In 2011, however, 14 regional and state assemblies were established. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this article evaluates the performance of 10 assemblies toward the end of their initial five-year mandate. It finds little evidence of a territorial dispersal of power.

This paper investigates the importance of institution building for economic growth in transition economies of Eastern Europe & CIS-States. Using recent data, it shows that even in a Guardian State, institutions like property rights protection, administration efficiency, & general rule of law matter. They appear to be even more crucial for economic take-off than standard economic factors like for example macroeconomic policy. Moreover, this paper finds that there are important spillover effects in institution building, & that countries that get one specific institution right, have also better chances to succeed in making other specific institutions work properly. 6 Tables, 1 Appendix, 17 References. Adapted from the source document.

This paper investigates the importance of institution building for economic growth in transition economies of Eastern Europe and CIS‐States. Using recent data, it shows that even in a Guardian State, institutions like property rights protection, administration efficiency, and general rule of low matter. They appear to be even more crucial for economic take‐off than standard economic factors like for example macroeconomic policy. Moreover, this paper finds that there are important spillover effects in institution building, and that countries which get one specific institution right, have also better chances to succeed in making other specific institutions work properly.

Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Slum School and Contemporary Society -- Chapter 2. Organization Format: Image and Reality -- Chapter 3. Alternative Models of Change -- Chapter 4. Operational Elements -- Chapter 5. School-Community Relations -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Index