The world's promise to the Albanians here of effective self-government - with province-wide elections for an assembly likely to come before the end of the year - buys time.

"They hope to wear out the patience of Americans, our coalition, and Iraqis before the arrival of effective self-government, and before Iraqis have the capability to defend their freedom."

The town became a county corporate in 1449, giving it effective self-government, in the words of the charter, "for eternity".

Most Ukrainian politicians, including President Leonid M. Kravchuk, regard Mr. Yeltsin as more likely to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and let it find its own path to effective self-government.

Some, like the Times Square Business Improvement District run by Gretchen Dykstra, have taken pains to hold themselves accountable as effective, decentralized self-government.

The Zealots managed to establish effective civic self-government for eight years.

Those principles include effective self-government for the Kosovo Albanians - political, legal, judicial and police structures parallel to the existing Serb ones.

Information is a freedom, but information also is a right and a requirement for effective self-government.

As the number of elected members in the Legislative Council rose, power in Southern Rhodesia gradually transferred from complete company rule to effective self-government by the growing number of white settlers.

Democracy - the principle that seeks to promote participation in effective representative self-government, which respects and responds to all voices in a marketplace of ideas.