The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics - Irish Parties and Irish Politics from the 18th Century to Modern Times

Tom Garvin

Sinopse

Professor Tom Garvin’s classic work studies the growth of nationalism in Ireland from the middle of the eighteenth century to modern times. 
 
It traces the continuity of tradition from earlier organisations, such as the United Irishmen and the agrarian Ribbonmen of the eighteenth century, through the followers of Daniel O’Connell, the Fenians and the Land League in the nineteenth century to the Irish political parties of today, including Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Labour Party and Fine Gael. 
 
The dual nature of Irish nationalism is shown in sharp focus. Despite the secular and liberal leanings of many Irish leaders and theoreticians, their followers were frequently sectarian and conservative in social outlook. This book demonstrates how this dual legacy has influenced the politics of modern Ireland. 
The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics: Table of ContentsIrish parties and Irish politics 
The Irish republic: post-colonial politics in a western European state 
Political culture and political organisation 
Geography, economics and method 
The origins of Irish popular politics 
Roots of Irish popular nationalism 
The beginnings of urban radical political organisation, 1750–1800 
Agrarianism, religion and revolution, 1760–1800 
The development of nationalist popular politics, 1800–48 
Secret societies before the Famine: the rise of Ribbonism 
Political mobilisation in pre-Famine nationalist Ireland 
Secret societies and party politics after the Famine 
The social background 
Electoral politics after the Famine 
The recrudescence of republicanism: Fenianism and the Agrarians 
The IRB and Irish politics after the Land War 
Agrarianism, nationalism and party politics, 1874–95 
Political mobilisation and the agrarian campaign 
The development of the Irish National League 
The Parnell split: the collapse of the Irish National League 
The reconstruction of nationalist politics, 1891–1910 
The rebuilding of the parliamentary party 
The rise of the Hibernians 
The new nationalism and military conspiracy, 1900–16 
The development of cultural nationalism and the origins of Sinn Féin 
Fenians, Volunteers and insurrection 
Elections, revolution and civil war, 1916–23 
The rise of Sinn Féin 
The electoral landslide of December 1918 
The Republic of Ireland, 1919–23 
The origins of the party system in independent Ireland 
The ancestry of the Irish party system 
The legitimation of the state and the building of political parties 
An analysis of electoral politics, 1923–48 
Parties and elections in the Irish Free State 
Turnout, 1922–44 
Sinn Féin III/Fianna Fáil 
Cumann na nGaedheal/Fine Gael 
The Labour Party 
The farmers’ parties 
The break-up of the Treaty party system 
The roots of party and government in independent Ireland 
The central place of party in Irish politics 
Party and the physical force tradition 
The evolution of the Irish state 
Party and government in independent Ireland 
Some comparative perspectives 
Liberal democracy 
The party system in comparative perspective

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