Catherine O'Donnell

Fianna Fail, Irish Republicanism and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1968-2005

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Produktbeschreibung

Fianna Fil, the Republican Party, has been defined by its emphasis on partition and its ideological commitment to reunification. Through its use of anti-partitionist rhetoric, it has been the most vociferous political party in the Republic of Ireland on Northern Ireland. Its emotive and divisive response to the outbreak of the Troubles in Northern Ireland was seen most clearly in the Arms Crisis of 1970 which threatened to destroy the party and the stability of the state in the Republic. However, the party has also been at the centre of the Northern Ireland peace process, and the attempts at reconciliation between Unionists and Nationalists and North and South. Yet there has been no substantive study of Fianna Fil's language, ideology, and policy on Northern Ireland since the outbreak of the Troubles. How could 'The Republican Party' be such a central player in the political changes in Northern Ireland? Has Fianna Fil changed its traditional republicanism and anti-partitionism? This

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Irish Academic Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780716528593
• ISBN-10: 0716528592
• Artikelnr.: 24927634