New Releases by KEVIN BOYLE

La fin de la division idéologique et politique de l''Europe n''a pas gommé pour autant les risques menaçant la stabilité du continent. Dans ce contexte, jamais le rôle du Conseil de l''Europe n''est apparu aussi précieux. Son action depuis presque cinquante ans au service de l''élargissement de l''espace démocratique européen, son travail d''échanges et de réflexion en profondeur sur les grands problèmes de société, la solidarité qu''il a fondée entre les dirigeants et les parlementaires de trente-neuf Etats européens - dont la Russie, admise en février 1996 - confèrent au Conseil de l''Europe une fonction politique déterminante en faveur de la sécurité démocratique de la Grande Europe.

What is democracy? Why should we value it? What is the relation between democracy and individual rights? Is majority rule always democratic? Why do we have political parties? Are some electoral systems more democratic than others? What is the relation between nationalism and democracy, or democracy and a market economy? How can democracy be maintained and improved? What difference does it make to ordinary people? What is its future? These are only some of the questions addressed in this important new textbook. Its authors were specially commissioned by UNESCO to assemble eighty of the most pressing questions about democracy in the world today, and to provide clear and authoritative answers to them. The result is a masterpiece of succinct exposition, which will be of value to all those who want to know more about democratic theory and practice, of value to students, interested citizens, political activists or employees in the public service, whether they live in established or developing democracies. The questions are systematically arranged in six sections: basic concepts and principles; free and fair elections; open and accountable government; individual rights and their defence; democratic or civil society; the future of democracy. The book forms an outstanding introduction to what is, perhaps, the most important concept in politics.

The UAW engaged in these struggles in an attempt to build a cross-class, multiracial reform coalition that would push American politics beyond liberalism and toward social democracy. The effort was in vain; forced to work within political structures - particularly the postwar Democratic party - that militated against change, the union was unable to fashion the alliance it sought. The UAW''s political activism nevertheless suggests a new understanding of labor''s place in postwar American politics and of the complex forces that defined liberalism in that period. The book also supplies the first detailed discussion of the impact of the Vietnam War on a major American union and shatters the popular image of organized labor as being hawkish on the war.

"The book shows with stark clarity the extent to which Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland tend to live, to study, to work and to play apart. But it also shows that many parents want their children to go to shared schools, despite some church opposition, and that opinion polls indicate a higher level of willingness to compromise than is shown by elected political leaders. Should the British and Irish governments commit themselves to encouraging greater contact between the communities and seek to build a settlement on the middle ground? Or should they reluctantly accept a policy of communal separation and provide structures that allow Catholics and Protestants to govern themselves with minimal need for contact and co-operation?"--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

United States''s relationship with Third World nations in Asia, the war on poverty, the Vietnam war, and electoral politics.

The ICLSA service for 1998 is concentrating on providing in its five releases full analysis of primary legislation as enacted by the Oireachtas through the year. The service aims to provide: the full text of all Acts, as enacted; for Acts of most importance to legal practitioners, detailed section-by-section analysis and commentary; and, for all Acts, a General Note setting down the legislative history and context of the Act. A Prelims and Tables volume offers: a cumulative legislation update which details how existing Acts and Statutory Instruments have been amended and affected by new legislation, and current cases in which legislation has been judicially considered; current dates of commencement; legislation not yet in force 1993-1997; an updated chronological and alphabetical list of Acts and of Statutory Instruments; and a subject guide which steers users to relevant material in the area they wish to research.