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The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland
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The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland Since 1800 Hardcover - 2011

by Matthew Potter


From the publisher

This book provides a rich contextual account of one of the most significant revolutions in Irish history, which offers a challenging re-appraisal of the received picture of modern Ireland as an essentially rural society, and it highlights the role that municipal government has played in Irish life over the past two centuries. Among the topics covered are how the modern system of urban government was established, and how the Irish central government began to take an active role in regulating the local state for the first time. Under this new system, the rising Catholic bourgeoisie gained control of a significant aspect of the administrative machine for the first time, and these bodies played a pivotal role in advancing Home Rule and, later, Sinn Fein. However, after Independence, the progress of the Municipal Revolution was stifled by the establishment of an over-centralized administrative machine dominated by a rural-based ideology that belittled the role of cities and towns in Irish life.

Details

  • Title The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland Since 1800
  • Author Matthew Potter
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition.
  • Pages 509
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Irish Academic Press, Dublin
  • Date 2011-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780716530824 / 0716530821
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Ireland
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Urban Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Ireland - Politics and government - 20th, Ireland - Politics and government - 19th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011280007
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.850

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 04/01/2011, Page 165