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The South Moluccas existed for a short time as the Republic of South Molucca following the relinquishment of Dutch control. They were forcibly conjoined with Indonesia late in 1950 after significant military skirmishes. Many of the 8,000 Moluccans in the Royal Dutch Indonesian Army opted to move to the Netherlands & be transferred to the Royal Dutch Army, rather than face possible recriminations under Indonesian rule. These immigrants have resisted assimilation into Dutch society. The younger generation has turned to more radical means for pressing for restoration of Moluccan independence, & has transferred the blame for the political situation from Indonesia to the Netherlands. Discussed are a series of terrorist acts (arson, hostage taking) by Moluccans directed against Indonesian interests in the Netherlands. Emphasized are: the reaction of successive Dutch governments to the terrorism, its effect on national & international PO & on the South Moluccans still in the Moluccas, & the probability of the Moluccan terrorists moving toward increased association with other terrorist groups. Modified HA.

Compares structural & functional changes in the UK's House of Commons & the Netherlands' Second Chamber since 1953 that have resulted from the expansion of the public sector. On initial analysis of their legislation, it appears little changed relative to the public sector; however, other factors -- eg, accumulative effects, prevalence of delegated legislation, & appearance of pseudolegislation -- have produced a significant increase in legislation. Whereas the Second Chamber substantially increased its financial resources to counteract its growing public sector demands, the British government has strongly opposed any increase for the House of Commons. It is suggested that the prevalence of special committees in the Second Chamber will strengthen individual party committees. Increasing the number of Members of Parliament, meeting time, & specialist committees in the House of Commons are presented as alternative solutions to the problems created by an expanded public sector. Differences in the legislatures' response to the public sector crisis are attributed to historical factors, degree of specialization, government-parliament relations, & duration of the adaption process. 5 Tables. J. W. Parker

An examination of how the Dutch & British parliaments have adapted to societal change in the twentieth century. The growth of the public sector & legislative responses to it are examined. In neither country has there been an increase in the amount of legislation enacted commensurate with the growth of the public sector; however, new legislation has had a cumulative effect on the old & there has been increased reliance on the delegation of administrative authority. The Dutch parliament has adapted to social change by establishing a number of specialized committees to process individual bills; the Dutch chamber has thus been transformed into a parliament of specialists. In contrast, very little change has taken place in the English House of Commons; the limited change permitted has not kept pace with societal changes. Historical, cultural, & structural reasons are advanced as to why the two legislatures have reacted so differently to comparable environmental stimuli. 6 Tables. Modified HA.

What difference does it make that Britain has a monarch? 'Some political scientists,' as Edward Shils and Michael Young remarked at the time of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, 'tend to speak as if Britain is now an odd kind of republic which happens to have as its chief functionary a Queen instead of a President'.2 Shils and Young felt that the intensity of public interest in the coronation quite clearly belied such a commonsense and demystified interpretation of British politics. Two decades later, signs of lively interest in the monarch still abound, as do the many royal activities that sustain that interest: the investiture of the Prince of Wales, the BBC film of the Royal Family, the London walkabout of the Royal Family, the engagement and wedding of Princess Anne. Even controversies over such matters as the size of the Civil List appear to enhance interest in the monarchy. Yet in this era of empirical political studies there has been little systematic analysis of the impact of the monarchy on Britain. The evidence is especially weak about the impact of what Bagehot considered to be the monarchy's most important function — not the occasional and subtle royal initiatives at