The New Politics of Sinn FéinThe New Politics of Sinn Féin is an assessment of the ideological and organizational development of Provisional republicanism since 1985. The book explores how the Republican movement has changed from an anti-state insurgency to a potential partner in governing the state it was pledged to destroy. In particular, the book attempts to consider the origins of what has become known as 'New Sinn Féin'. |
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From insurgency to identity
With the deftness of a magician wriggling free from a straitjacket, Sinn Fein ditched its universalist aspirations and reinvented itself as a municipal party of victimhood. A brilliant new book takes the party to task.
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Defining the Community | 11 |
The Historic Compromise? | 133 |
The End of a Song? | 249 |
Bibliography | 265 |
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