THE Republican party that was organized under the name "Sinn Fein" after the end of the... more THE Republican party that was organized under the name "Sinn Fein" after the end of the civil war, while initially relatively successful, failed to obtain the majority support essential, not only for the implementation of its policies, but for its survival as a major political force. Suddenly and unexpectedly, within a year of its foundation, the party began to decline. Membership dropped, funds became increasingly scarce and party successes in by-elections and local elections were few. The more realistic and pragmatic Sinn Fein leaders gradually realized what was happening and saw the necessity for making modifications in policy if the party were to survive as a potential alternative government. This course proved unacceptable to a majority of the delegates at the special Ard-Fheis of March, 1926, for whom policy had been elevated to the status of.dogma. The available evidence suggests that this division, which split and ultimately destroyed the Third Sinn Fein party, was...
On 7 November 1961, a crucial date in modern Ecuadorian political history, Dr José María Velasco ... more On 7 November 1961, a crucial date in modern Ecuadorian political history, Dr José María Velasco Ibarra, constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador, was deposed from his high office and sought refuge in the Mexican Embassy. The apparent stability that had characterized the country's political life since 1948 was shattered. The pattern of politics since November 1961 is similar in many respects to that which occurred in the decades between the two World Wars. Coups d'état, dictatorships and military juntas are political phenomena common to both periods. The military intervention which to…
The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 1974
... The nationalist Sinn Fein party, which had been badly weakened by the division within its ran... more ... The nationalist Sinn Fein party, which had been badly weakened by the division within its ranks over the Treaty issue, was to be destroyed by the fighting, executions, and reprisals that make up the history of the civil war. ... In May 1923 the fighting officially came to an end. ...
THE Republican party that was organized under the name "Sinn Fein" after the end of the... more THE Republican party that was organized under the name "Sinn Fein" after the end of the civil war, while initially relatively successful, failed to obtain the majority support essential, not only for the implementation of its policies, but for its survival as a major political force. Suddenly and unexpectedly, within a year of its foundation, the party began to decline. Membership dropped, funds became increasingly scarce and party successes in by-elections and local elections were few. The more realistic and pragmatic Sinn Fein leaders gradually realized what was happening and saw the necessity for making modifications in policy if the party were to survive as a potential alternative government. This course proved unacceptable to a majority of the delegates at the special Ard-Fheis of March, 1926, for whom policy had been elevated to the status of.dogma. The available evidence suggests that this division, which split and ultimately destroyed the Third Sinn Fein party, was...
On 7 November 1961, a crucial date in modern Ecuadorian political history, Dr José María Velasco ... more On 7 November 1961, a crucial date in modern Ecuadorian political history, Dr José María Velasco Ibarra, constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador, was deposed from his high office and sought refuge in the Mexican Embassy. The apparent stability that had characterized the country's political life since 1948 was shattered. The pattern of politics since November 1961 is similar in many respects to that which occurred in the decades between the two World Wars. Coups d'état, dictatorships and military juntas are political phenomena common to both periods. The military intervention which to…
The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 1974
... The nationalist Sinn Fein party, which had been badly weakened by the division within its ran... more ... The nationalist Sinn Fein party, which had been badly weakened by the division within its ranks over the Treaty issue, was to be destroyed by the fighting, executions, and reprisals that make up the history of the civil war. ... In May 1923 the fighting officially came to an end. ...
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