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Dr James Barber, Reader in Political Science at the Open University, looks at the politics of Northern Ireland in the late 1960's in terms of one continuing problem of government which has captu...red the attention of political philosophy - the conflict that can exist between maintaining social order and providing civil liberty for the individual. He talks to John Hume, MP, a civil rights leader, the Rev. Ian Paisley, MP, a Protestant leader, and The Rt. Hon Robert Porter MP, a former Minister of Home Affairs. Each gives his view of liberty and order in the context of civil disturbances which led to the despatch of British troops to the province Finally Dr Barber asks Peter Laslett, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to assess the significance of the events in Ulster in the light of political philosophy.
Dr James Barber, Reader in Political Science at the Open University, looks at the politics of Northern Ireland in the late 1960's in terms of one continuing problem of government which has captu...red the attention of political philosophy - the conflict that can exist between maintaining social order and providing civil liberty for the individual. He talks to John Hume, MP, a civil rights leader, the Rev. Ian Paisley, MP, a Protestant leader, and The Rt. Hon Robert Porter MP, a former Minister of Home Affairs. Each gives his view of liberty and order in the context of civil disturbances which led to the despatch of British troops to the province Finally Dr Barber asks Peter Laslett, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to assess the significance of the events in Ulster in the light of political philosophy.
