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Democracy and dissent in the Irish Free State
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- Book Synopsis
- A new analysis of the difficulties in normalising opposition in the Irish Free State, this book analyses the collision between nineteenth-century monolithic nationalist movements with the norms and expectations of multiparty parliamentary democracy. The Irish revolutionaries' attempts to create a Gaelic, postcolonial state involved resolving tension between these two ideas. Smaller economically-driven parties such as the Labour and Farmers' parties attempted to move on from the revolution's unnatural focus on nationalist political issues while the larger revolutionary parties descended from Sinn F�in attempt to recreate or restore notions of revolutionary unity. This conflict made democracy and opposition hard to establish in the Irish Free State.
- About The Author
- Jason Knirck is Professor of History at Central Washington University
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781526166272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press, (21 February 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 296
- Weight
- 549 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 x 15.88 mm
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