‘Duties In Aid of the Civil Power’: The Deployment of the Army to Glasgow, 31 January to 17 February 1919

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon J. Barclay
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Account ◽  
Military Deployment ◽  
Troop Deployment ◽  
The Government

On 31 January 1919 a demonstration in Glasgow in support of an unofficial strike for a 40-hour working week descended into violence, the ‘Battle of George Square’, probably set off by an ill-judged police baton charge. Troops called by the Sheriff of Lanarkshire began to arrive late that evening, and six tanks arrived on the following Monday. The ‘Battle’ and the subsequent military deployment have entered the mythology of Scottish socialism and, more recently, of Scottish nationalism. The strike had an overtly political aim: to force the Government to step in to regulate industry. Many in government believed that it had a more profoundly political, or even revolutionary aim. No detailed account of the troop deployment has yet been written, and in this gap mythology has flourished. This paper is intended to fill that gap and to challenge the myths.

Bones of Contention: Buddhist Relics, Nationalism and the Politics of Archaeology

Numen ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torkel Brekke
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
The Government ◽  
Politics Of Archaeology

AbstractRelics of Sāriputta and Moggallāna, two of the Buddha's closest disciples, were discovered by Fred. C. Maisey and Alexander Cunningham in a stūpa at Sānchī in 1851 and were re-enshrined at the same place in November 1952. The exact whereabouts of the relics between these two dates has been uncertain, partly because both Buddhists and scholars have assumed, incorrectly, that the relics that were brought back to India had been in the possession of Mr Cunningham. The purpose of this article is to give a detailed account ot the relics of Sāriputta and Moggallāna found at Sānchī. The account is based on correspondence and notes about the relics found in archives of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and on relevant sources published by the Maha Bodhi Society. I argue that the quarrel over the relics was an important part of the revival of Buddhism from the end of the nineteenth century. I also discuss how the relics of the two saints were used by the government of India as nationalist symbols.

Converging pressures risk implosion in Venezuela

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Use Of Force ◽  
Military Deployment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government

Significance Tensions have escalated sharply after senior government figures rejected the validity of signatures collected by the opposition Democratic Unity Movement (MUD) alliance in its campaign for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. Amid government concern at alleged external efforts to push Maduro from office, the 60-day state of economic emergency has been renewed and extended to include military deployment and exercises. Impacts Both sides will call supporters onto the streets, elevating violence risks in western states such as Tachira and Merida, as well as Caracas. Washington and the OAS will come under pressure to intervene -- both diplomatically and through use of force. The CNE may yet exercise independence and rule in favour of the MUD petition. This would put it on a collision course with the government but provide a potential path to diminish tensions.

Seditious Sectaries or “Sober and Useful Inhabitants”? Changing Conceptions of the Quakers in Early Modern Britain

2001 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-50
Author(s):  
Richard L. Greaves
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
Modern Britain ◽  
Early Modern Britain ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Temple

On 1 June 1683, ten proprietors of East Jersey gathered in London for one of their periodic meetings to discuss colonial business. Of the ten, nine were Quakers, including Robert Barclay, Gawen Lawrie, and Edward Byllynge. The tenth, who served as the group’s treasurer, was the London attorney Robert West.’ Unknown to the Friends with whom he met was West’s involvement in the Rye House plotting, the first details of which Sir Leoline Jenkins, secretary of state, learned about eleven days later. On the 19th, the government began its crackdown on the conspirators, in part by issuing an order to search West’s chamber in the Temple. Three days later, West, now in custody, began providing the authorities a detailed account of the conspiracy to murder the king and James duke of York. Among those he implicated were other non-Quaker proprietors of East Jersey, including the barrister Nathaniel Wade and the attorney John Ayloffe, both of whom were involved in the assassination plot. As the authorities pursued the investigation, they learned of plans for a general uprising, at the heart of which were James duke of Monmouth and Lord William Russell.

scholarly journals On the structure, development, and morphological interpretation of the pineal organs and adjacent parts of the brain in the tuatara ( Sphenudon punctatus )

1910 ◽  
Vol 82 (560) ◽  
pp. 629-637
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Structure Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Grant ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Brain

The memoir of which an abstract is here given contains a detailed account of the pineal organs and associated parts of the brain in Sphenodon, from the morphological, histological, and embryological points of view, accompanied by numerous illustrations, and may be regarded as a continuation and amplification of my earlier work on the subject. The material upon which my results are based consisted partly of a number of adult living Tuataras presented to me by the New Zealand Government, the cost of transmission of which to England was defrayed by a grant from the Government Grant Committee, and partly of specimens (chiefly embryos) preserved by myself while in New Zealand. I defer the expression of my thanks to the numerous friends who have helped me in the work until the publication of the complete memoir.

Shared Intentionality, joint commitment, and directed obligation

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Account ◽  
Joint Commitment ◽  
Shared Intentionality

Abstract Tomasello frequently refers to joint commitment, but does not fully characterize it. In earlier publications, I have offered a detailed account of joint commitment, tying it to a sense that the parties form a “we,” and arguing that it grounds directed obligations and rights. Here I outline my understanding of joint commitment and its normative impact.

The Education of Research Psychologists in Sweden

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Larsson ◽  
Josef Frischer
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Science Department ◽  
Research Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Science Department ◽  
Learning Alliance ◽  
Laissez Faire ◽  
The Government

The education of researchers in Sweden is regulated by a nationwide reform implemented in 1969, which intended to limit doctoral programs to 4 years without diminishing quality. In an audit performed by the government in 1996, however, it was concluded that the reform had failed. Some 80% of the doctoral students admitted had dropped out, and only 1% finished their PhD degree within the stipulated 4 years. In an attempt to determine the causes of this situation, we singled out a social-science department at a major Swedish university and interviewed those doctoral students who had dropped out of the program. This department was found to be representative of the nationwide figures found in the audit. The students interviewed had all completed at least 50% of their PhD studies and had declared themselves as dropouts from this department. We conclude that the entire research education was characterized by a laissez-faire attitude where supervisors were nominated but abdicated. To correct this situation, we suggest that a learning alliance should be established between the supervisor and the student. At the core of the learning alliance is the notion of mutually forming a platform form which work can emerge in common collaboration. The learning alliance implies a contract for work, stating its goals, the tasks to reach these goals, and the interpersonal bonding needed to give force and endurance to the endeavor. Constant scrutiny of this contract and a mutual concern for the learning alliance alone can contribute to its strength.

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