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| Titre : | 'Lemass's brainchild' : the 1966 Informal Committee on the Constitution and change in Ireland, 1966-73 (2013) |
| Auteurs : | Brian GIRVIN, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish Historical Studies (Vol. 38 n 151 2013) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 406-421 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | Sean Lemass remains an enigmatic figure in the study of contemporary Ireland. He became taoiseach in 1959, after a long and successful career in the leadership of Fianna Fail. Notwithstanding this, he is widely associated with the transformation of Irish life that began under his stewardship between 1959 and 1966. In 1966, he convened the Informal Committee on the Constitution, often considered to be the most surprising initiative of his career. While change had not occured by the time he died in 1971, the constitution had by this time become the focus for discussion, controversy and in some cases vilification. The questions this article seeks to answer are why Lemass promoted constitutional change and what were the consequenced of this decision. More generally, it will assess the nature of constitutional change in a stable democratic state that is undergoing modernisation |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Lieu de publication : | Dublin |
| Mention de responsabilité : | Brian Girvin |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
