The not‐so amazing case of Irish democracy

Irish democracy is usually considered an exception to general theories of the emergence and stabilisation of democracy in the first world. Indeed it is normally studied in a Third World post‐colonial context and a strong emphasis is placed on the role of political culture. Here I criticise explanations which treat political culture as an independent variable and contrast this approach with theories that stress the emergence of a plural society in Ireland suggesting that they provide an alternative that is more consistent with Ireland's experience as ‘a first world’ colony

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