Title: The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938
Subtitle: 'shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins'
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Civil service, History, Ireland, politics and government, Officials and employees, Public administration
Places: Ireland
Time periods: 1922-1949, 20th century, 1910-1921