Irish Politics Today

by Terry Cradden, Neil Collins, Frank McCann, et al.

Book Overview

Fully revised and updated this fourth edition is a comprehensive introduction to the politics of the Irish republic. Includes coverage of the 1997 general election, and the creation of a new coalition of Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats under Bertie Ahern that year. Examines the implications of a written constitution, changes in the party system, the power of major interest groups, the role of the civil service, the position of the media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719061741
• ISBN13: 9780719061745
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"