1922, the birth of Irish democracy

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1922, the birth of Irish democracy

Statement of responsibility

Tom Garvin

Title variation

Birth of Irish democracy

Creator

• Garvin, Tom

Subject

• History
• Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923
• Democracy -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
• Nationalism -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
• Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

This book examines the birth of the Irish state and sets 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. -- Publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DA963

LC item number

.G37 1996

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography