Book review: new beginnings: constitutionalism and democracy in modern Ireland

Bell, Christine (2012) Book review: new beginnings: constitutionalism and democracy in modern Ireland. LSE Review of Books (07 Dec 2012). Website.

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New Beginnings covers Irish constitutional development from Home Rule to the Good Friday Agreement, focusing on turning points where radical constitutional change was discussed, attempted, or implemented. Taking the relationship between constitutionalism and democracy as its key issue, it asks why Irish politicians have seen constitutions as ways of making democracy more manageable, rather than of furthering democracy. Christine Bell finds that Bill Kissane’s work also reveals a hidden gender history to the constitutional negotiations.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2013 12:15
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 13:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50733

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