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

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1987

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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.