1922 by Tom Garvin
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. Gavin argues that militant republicanism always lacked popular, democratic legitimacy and that mainstream Irish nationalism was moderate and realistic. It was this nation-building tradition that triumphed in 1922. Thus, Ireland did not go the way of so many newly emerging European states. There evolved a stable democracy which eventually came to include most of those defeated in 1922.
Tom Garvin is Professor of Politics in University College Dublin. His books include 'The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics' and 'National Revolutionaries in Ireland'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780717124398 |
| ISBN 10 | 0717124398 |
| Title | 1922 |
| Author | Tom Garvin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Gill |
| Year published | 1996-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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