1922: The Birth of Irish Democracy - Brossura

Garvin, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0717139697 ISBN 13: 9780717139699

Casa editrice: Gill & Macmillan, 2005

Riassunto

This book examines the birth of the Irish state and sets it in its European historical context. The process of democratic nation-making reached full fruition, while a vicious civil war was raging, ostensibly fought over points of political principle but actually deciding whether Ireland was to be ruled by popular majority will or by a virtuous but unaccountable minority.
Garvin argues that militant republicanism always lacked popular, democratic legitimacy. The mainstream Irish nationalist tradition was moderate and realistic, and it was this nation-building tradition that triumphed in 1922. The stability and good order of the Irish state owes much to this victory. In particular, because the democratic impulse in Irish life overcame the cult of the virtuous minority, Ireland did not go the way of so many other newly emerging European states. There were to be no military dictators or fascist interludes; instead, there evolved a stable democracy which eventually came to include most of those defeated in 1922.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Tom Garvin is professor of Politics at University College Dublin.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Gill & Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0717139697
• ISBN 13: 9780717139699
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256