Neither democratic nor a programme
The Democratic Programme of 1919
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9981078 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emmet O’connor (University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 157 |
| Pages | 92-109 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1214 • E-ISSN: 2056-4139 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ihs.2016.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2471015804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
On 21 January 1919, the first Dáil adopted four constitutional documents, the best known of which is the Democratic Programme, a statement of social values, based on proposals from the Labour Party. The Programme is usually regarded as a cynical reward to Labour for its abstention from the 1918 general election, and nationalist elites have frequently been criticised for reneging on it. This paper will argue that the Programme was written to advance the Irish cause at the International Socialist Conference at Berne in February 1919, that parts of the Programme were implemented, and that it is very likely that the Labour Party did not write it to be implemented
Democracy · Irish · Linguistics · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social democracy · Sociology · Statement (logic · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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