Ireland: Historical Echoes, Contemporary Politics
- ISBN-10
- 0429968175
- ISBN-13
- 9780429968174
- Series
- Ireland
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 472
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-02-20
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Richard B Finnegan
Description
This book examines a number of different interpretations and explanations in the context of historical change, as the Irish grappled with the questions of political independence, economic autonomy, the decline of provincialism, the rise of pluralism, and the unsolved conundrum of Irish nationhood.
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