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THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY LENDING DIVISION AS APPLIED TO OFFICIAL BRITISH PUBLICATIONS. SPECIFIC AREAS PRESENTED ARE ACQUISITION POLICIES, COVERAGE AND HOLDINGS OF UK GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS, BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL AND ORGANIZATION THE VOLUME AND TYPE OF LENDING REQUESTS RECEIVED BY THE BLLD FOR GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS IS ANALYZED.

This chapter discusses a series of political and cultural transitions in Bhutan and their impact on the modernization of the education system. It traces the major shifts in government - from theocracy to monarchy to democratic monarchy – alongside the shifts in education - from a solely monastic system to the development of a secular, modern education system. But in this there are tensions; not least between 'culture and tradition' for so long infused into the education curriculum, and the current trend towards the embracement of modern ideas. Are these tensions irreducible? Will culture and tradition be eschewed completely as Bhutan adopts what seems to be an irreversible pathway towards a modern, some might suggest 'Western' system of education?

The Natuna Islands, located approximately 150 miles north-west of Borneo, from the only Indonesian territory even approaching the Chinese-claimed Nanshan (Spratly) Islands. China's claim to the sea area around the Natunas poses an enormous challenge to the Indonesians. The article explores Indonesia's responses to the PRC in respect of the territorial waters around the Natunas. (DÜI-Sen)

CANADA IS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF THE POSSIBLITY FOR PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS COEXISTENCE OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES WITHIN A FEDERAL STATE. THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES QUEBEC'S PROGRESS SINCE 1960, CANADA'S CONTRIBUTIONS, AND, THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. IT NOTES THAT THE MORE QUEBECERS DISCUSS INDEPENDENCE, THE MORE THEY QUESTION ITS USEFULNESS TO THEIR ABILTIY TO FLOURISH AS A PEOPLE.

THE BRITISH DOCTRINE OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY WILL DIE WITH THE SIGNING OF AN EC TREATY TO ESTABLISH A MONETARY BLOC BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE. THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IS STILL CONTROLLED BY FRANCE WITH NO SIGN OF THAT CONTROL BEING DIMISHED. FRANCE IS PUSHING A SPEEDING UP OF THE PROCESS OF BUILDING UP EUROPE. THE TREATY PRESENTED BY A UNITED GERMANY IS EXAMINED IN THIS ARTICLE. IT CONCLUDES THAT INSTEAD OF A LOOSER, WIDER EUROPE DOMINATED BY GERMANY'S NATURAL ECONOMIC WEIGHT, FRANCE'S INSTITUTIONAL MANIPULATION OF THE EC WILL BE PROLONGED, IF NOT PERPETUATED.