Northern Ireland
Subtitle: time of choice
By: Richard Rose.
Series: Foreign affairs study ;
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780844732060
Subjects: Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994.
Description: In this book, Richard Rose addresses Northern Ireland's most serious problem -- the absence of a civil government, with or without consensus. According to Rose, Northern Ireland lacks two of the basic attributes of the modern state: a constitution and a security organization with an effective claim to a monopoly of force. In most countries where elections are held, they decide who governs; but in Northern Ireland, elections are about how the country should be governed or whether it should be governed at all. - Back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: 173-175.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The problem briefly stated; title: To the precipice; title: The parties to the conflict; title: Campaigning for a constitution; title: The result of the ballot; title: In search of a settlement; title: The limits of choice; title: Appendix A : Vote transfers; title: Appendix B : A note on readings