The north

Party images and party approaches in the republic

Bibliographic Data

ID6074258
AuthorsRichard Sinnott, Richard O Sinnott (0000-0001-5998-222X, University College Dublin, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume1
Issue1
Pages15-31
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIrish Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07907188608406422
OpenAlexW2069507010
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Using material from an extensive set of interviews conducted with the parliamentary elite in 1974–75, this paper examines the role of the nationalist issue in party self images, and investigates party positions on the Northern Ireland problem in terms of their analyses, preferred solutions and overall policy. Substantial differences arc shown to have existed on all counts. These findings suggest some qualification to the thesis that there are no differences between the parties or that differences only emerged on the Northern Ireland issue with the changes in party leadership in the late 1970s. It is noted that these inherited differences are consistent with the expectations of comparative party system theory and it is argued that an understanding of party positions on the Hillsborough agreement must take account of this inheritance

Elite · Ethnology · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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