Description: Explaining Irish Democracy, Hardcover by Kissan, Bill, ISBN 190062169X, ISBN-13 9781900621694, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This is a systematic account of why Ireland remained democratic after independence. Bill Kissane analyzes the Irish case from a comparative international perspective and by discussing it in terms of the classic works of democratic theory. Each chapter tests the explanatory power of a particular approach, and the result is a mixture of political history, sociology, and political science. Taking issue with many conventional assumptions, Kissane questions whether Irish democracy after 1921 was really a surprise, by relating the outcome to the level of socio-economic development, the process of land reform, and the emergence of a strong civil society under the Union. On the other hand, things did not go according to plan in 1922, and two chapters are devoted to the origins and nature of the civil war. The remaining chapters are concerned with analyzing how democracy was rebuilt after the civil war; Kissane questions whether that achievement was entirely the work of the , by focusing on the continued divisiveness of the Treaty issue, the nature of constitutional republicanism, and the significance of the 1937 constitution, Kissane argues that Irish democracy was not really consolidated until the late 1930s, and that that achievement was largely the work of de Valera.
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Book Title: Explaining Irish Democracy
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Explaining Irish Democracy
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: World / European, Europe / Ireland, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Item Weight: 20.9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Bill Kissan
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
