The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938
Subtitle: 'shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins'
By: Martin Maguire.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780719077401
Subjects: Civil service -- Ireland -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1910-1921; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949
Description: This text refutes the orthodox view that the independent Irish State accepted intact the civil service inherited from the former British regime in Dublin Castle. Maguire uses the Irish experience to offer a new perspective on State formation in the process of decolonisation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-248) and index.