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Excerpts printed in: World Pr R 30:24-6 D '83.

THE PROVISIONAL IRA (PIRA) IS THE OFFSPRING OF THE IRISH Republican Army which played such a leading part in the war for Irish independence, 1919–21. Its leaders claim to be the true inheritors of the Irish Republican tradition of struggle against the British, determined to complete the task by expelling the British presence once and for all and thus to 'liberate' the whole of Ireland by reunifying north and south and establishing a PIRA socialist state.

THE PROVISIONAL IRA IS ONE OF THE BEST EQUIPPED, AND MOST EXPERIENCED AND RUTHLESS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN WESTERN EUROPE TODAY. IN ASSESSING THE PIRA'S POSITION, THE AUTHOR SKETCHES THE BACKGROUND TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1970, AND THEN DETAILS ITS AIMS AND BELIEFS, ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP, FUNDING, ARMS SUPPLIES, AND PROSPECTS. IT IS NOW TINGED WITH NEO /MARXISM. IT SEEKS A SOCIALIST IRELAND.

Drawing from the literature on channels of distribution, four hypotheses concerning the relationships between power, satisfaction and conflict are developed. These hypotheses are tested using data from the channel of distribution for bulk beer. Finally, the causal model underlying the hypotheses is tested, using causal path analysis and an alternative causal model is presented which provides a better fit with the data and which also helps to explain some troublesome findings from previous research.