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Replik auf Jack Halperns Artikel über die Polarisierung in Rhodesien (The World Today, 27 (1971) 1. S. 1-8). (DÜI-Ker)

THE NEW BRITISH GOVERNMENT THAT WILL TAKE OFFICE IN 1997 FACES THE DIFFICULT TASK OF RE-ESTABLISHING THE CREDIBILITY OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. IT MUST DO SO AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF INCREASED POLARIZATION BETWEEN THE PROTESTANT COMMUNITY, WHICH LARGELY FAVORS CONTINUED UNION WITH BRITAIN, AND THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY, WHICH GENERALLY WANTS CLOSER LINKS WITH THE IRISH REPUBLIC. INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS ARE WAITING TO SEE IF A COMBINATION OF THE NEW WESTMINSTER GOVERNMENT, THE SECOND CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, AND THE IRISH GOVERNMENT FORMED AFTER THE REPUBLIC'S 1997 GENERAL ELECTIONS CAN PERSUADE THE PARTIES IN NORTHERN IRELAND TO REACH A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT THAT WILL ENSURE LASTING PEACE.

Population changes are leading TX to becoming a majority-minority state, especially with the increase of Hispanics. TX has become a GOP stronghold, & the GOP is increasingly cohesive, & conservative, winning all statewide offices in both 1998 & 2002, plus control of the legislature in 2002. Religious fundamentalism is clearly evident in the GOP, but many distance themselves from the Christian Right. Ideological differences between the parties have increased, largely because Democrats are more liberal. GOP activists are upbeat, while Democrats appear dispirited, although less so than in 1991. 6 Tables, 7 References. Adapted from the source document.

A nat'l survey of 1,200 adults & another 6,000 adults in 6 central cities in the North were used to identify pop subgroups that differed greatly from each other on att's toward race relations utilizing a technique known as Polarized Subgroup Analysis (PSA). Indices of race relations, the pace & effort of integration, causes of riots, & ways to prevent riots were developed based on inter-item r's. The most important independent variables were selected based on stepwise multiple regression results. These included the amount of the R's past pol'al behavior, his educ, race, sex, age, region of the country, & the city's past riot history. Independent variables were then divided into categories & subgroups were defined by the combination of several variables. Although whites & nonwhites were in approximate agreement on some general statements about integration, specific programs, particularly in housing, lead to widely diff viewpoints even when multiple attributes were used to define racial subgroups. On indices based on combining several items, neither survey found white subgroups whose average scores overlapped in a meaningful way with those of nonwhite subgroups. Further, while younger & better-educated whites were closer to blacks than other white subgroups, younger & better-educated blacks tended to be further from whites than other black subgroups. AA.

Focuses on issues and prospects of the 1998-99 elections. Discusses political situation, regional elections, political parties, radicalism, constitutionalism, nationalism, and regionalism.

Introduces a special journal issue, "The World Today" (see abstracts of related articles), in which contributors explore the central concerns & problems facing humanity at the end of the 20th century, as the post-WWII world order disintegrates & the irrational paradoxes & tendencies of the modern era become increasingly apparent. The goal is not merely to describe the current world situation, but also to identify & evaluate options & obstacles to the establishment of a humanist agenda for the 21st century. A wealth of historical & interdisciplinary studies are offered that provide a comparative overview of the variety of contrasting forms, results, & impacts of such processes as globalization, economic-financial reformulation, international trade, & political-strategic social interaction in diverse regions, nations, & societies. M. Maguire