Political structures: democracy books and eBooksFeatured BooksA Challenge to DemocracyMilitant Catholicism in Modern Irelandby Maurice Curtis Militant Catholicism refers to radical Catholic believers who believed that the only way for Ireland to remain a Catholic country was to combine together in lay organisations, to work in politics and society for the overthrow of the Protestant culture and to replace it with a strictly Catholic ethos. In the newly independent Ireland, Militant Catholicism played a crucial role in asserting the Catholic Church's influence on both politics and society. It was pivotal in helping to shape and consol... Challenge to DemocracyPolitics, Trade Union Power and Economic Failure in the 1970sby Ronald McIntosh "Challenge to Democracy" sheds important light on the last years of pre-Thatcher Britain, when rising oil prices, low productivity and trade union militancy led to rampant inflation and an economy in apparently terminal decline. Successive governments, both Conservative and Labour, battled unsuccessfully with social and economic forces of unprecedented strength, which traditional policies seemed powerless to control. The National Economic Development Council (Neddy) was a vital meeting place for... View all Political structures: democracy books Popular Political structures: democracy books and eBooks in the last 24 hoursView all Political structures: democracy titles |
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