Building Democracy in Ireland : Political Order and Cultural Integration in a Newly Independent Nation (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Democracy in Ireland: Theoretical and Empirical Problems: 1. Introduction: theoretical considerations in the study of political stability in new nations; 2. Irish cultural schisms and the meaning of political disorder; 3. The free state constitution and the institutionalisation of value strains; Part II. Patterns of Crisis Resolution in the Irish Free State, 1922?1932: 4. The Army mutiny and normative political challenges; 5. The boundary commission crisis and the development of strategies of political efficacy; 6. The limits of effective rule: the assassination of Kevin O'Higgins and its aftermath; Part III. The Character of Irish Democracy: 7. The democratic achievement in Ireland: the reconciliation of culture and politics; 8. The uniqueness of Irish democracy; Notes; References; Index.