Overview
- Offers a new perspective on interwar Ireland and its two dominant parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
- Analyses political culture, organisation, strategies and rhetoric in the Irish Free State
- Examines the Free State’s politics within the context of wider events in Europe
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Political History (PSPH)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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From Revolution to Statehood, 1919–27
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About this book
By offering an historical re-appraisal of the Irish Free State’s politics, anchored in the wider context of inter-war Europe, Mel Farrell argues that the Irish party system is not unique in having two dominant parties capable of adapting to changing circumstances, and suggests that this has been a key strength of Irish democracy. Moreover, the book challenges the tired cliché of ‘Civil War Politics’ by demonstrating that events subsequent to Civil War led the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil cleavage dominant in the twentieth-century.
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Book Title: Party Politics in a New Democracy
Book Subtitle: The Irish Free State, 1922-37
Authors: Mel Farrell
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Political History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63585-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63584-2Published: 01 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87588-0Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63585-9Published: 16 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-5176
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 332
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, History of Modern Europe, Political History, Social History, History of Military