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- Title
Neither democratic nor a programme: the Democratic Programme of 1919.
- Authors
O'CONNOR, EMMET
- Abstract
On 21 January 1919, the first Dáil adopted four constitutional documents, the best known of which is the Democratic Programme, a statement of social values, based on proposals from the Labour Party. The Programme is usually regarded as a cynical reward to Labour for its abstention from the 1918 general election, and nationalist elites have frequently been criticised for reneging on it. This paper will argue that the Programme was written to advance the Irish cause at the International Socialist Conference at Berne in February 1919, that parts of the Programme were implemented, and that it is very likely that the Labour Party did not write it to be implemented.
- Subjects
IRELAND; SOCIALISM; LABOUR Party (Ireland); IRISH politics &; government, 20th century; NATIONALISM; ELITE (Social sciences); TWENTIETH century; HISTORY of political parties; POLITICAL participation; HISTORY of nationalism
- Publication
Irish Historical Studies, 2016, Vol 40, Issue 157, p92
- ISSN
0021-1214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/ihs.2016.4