{"product_id":"9781526166272","title":"Democracy and dissent in the Irish Free State","description":"Author: Jason Knirck\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526166272\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Feb 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 296 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new analysis of the difficulties in normalising opposition in the Irish Free State, this book analyses the collision between nineteenth-century monolithic nationalist movements with the norms and expectations of multiparty parliamentary democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e The Irish revolutionaries\u0026amp;#x27; attempts to create a Gaelic, postcolonial state involved resolving tension between these two ideas. Smaller economically-driven parties such as the Labour and Farmers\u0026amp;#x27; parties attempted to move on from the revolution\u0026amp;#x27;s unnatural focus on nationalist political issues while the larger revolutionary parties descended from Sinn Fein attempt to recreate or restore notions of revolutionary unity. This conflict made democracy and opposition hard to establish in the Irish Free State. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920540647582,"sku":"ING-9781526166272","price":194.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526166272.jpg?v=1782823346","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526166272","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}