The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938 [[electronic resource] ] : 'shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins' / / Martin Maguire

• Autore: Maguire Martin
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 351.417; 351.415
• Soggetto topico: Civil service - Ireland - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland Politics and government 1910-1921; Ireland Politics and government 1922-1949
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The civil service and the State in Ireland,1912-18; 2. Dublin Castle in crisis, 1918-21; 3. The revolutionary State, partition and thecivil service, 1920-21; 4. The Provisional Government and the civil service, 1922; 5. Cumann na nGaedheal and the civil service,1923-32; 6. Fianna Fáil and the civil service, 1932-38; Conclusion: the civil service, the State and the Irish revolution; Appendix: Dáil Éireann civil service, January1919 to January 1922; Select bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a history of the Irish civil service and its response to revolutionary changes in the State. It examines the response of the civil service to the threat of partition, World War, the emergence of the revolutionary forces of Dáil Éireann and the IRA through to the Civil War and the Irish Free State. Questioning the orthodox interpretation of evolution rather than revolution in the administration of the State it throws new light on civil service organization in British-ruled Ireland, the process whereby Northern Ireland came into existence, the Dáil Éireann administration in the War
• Titolo autorizzato: The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938
• ISBN: 1-78170-261-6; 1-84779-378-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465700603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II