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The civil service and the revolution in Ireland, 1912-1938

'shaking the blood-stained hand of Mr Collins'

by Martin Maguire

Politics and governmentCivil serviceHistoryIreland, politics and governmentOfficials and employeesPublic administration

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.

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Book data: Open Library