Ideology, Strategy and Party Change Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Preface
- 1 The influence of election programmes: Britain and Canada 1945–1979.
- 2 The internal analysis of election programmes.
- 3 Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States 1946–1981, an initial comparative analysis.
- 4 Canada 1945–1980: party platforms and campaign strategies.
- 5 Sri Lanka 1947–1977: elite programmes and mass politics.
- 6 Israel 1949–1981.
- 7 Ireland 1948–1981: issues, parties, strategies.
- 8 Northern Ireland 1921–1973: party manifestos and platforms.
- 9 Sweden and Denmark 1945–1982: election programmes in the Scandinavian setting.
- 10 The Netherlands 1946–1981.
- 11 Belgium 1946–1981.
- 12 Luxembourg 1945–1982: dimensions and strategies.
- 13 Austria 1945–1978.
- 14 Electoral programmes in West Germany 1949–1980: explorations in the nature of political controversy.
- 15 France 1958–1981: the strategy of joint government platforms.
- 16 Italy 1946–1979: ideological distances and party movements.
- 17 Japan 1960–1980: party programmes in elections.
- 18 Do parties differ, and how? Comparative discriminant and factor analyses.
- Appendices
- General bibliography
- Index
8 - Northern Ireland 1921–1973: party manifestos and platforms.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Preface
- 1 The influence of election programmes: Britain and Canada 1945–1979.
- 2 The internal analysis of election programmes.
- 3 Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States 1946–1981, an initial comparative analysis.
- 4 Canada 1945–1980: party platforms and campaign strategies.
- 5 Sri Lanka 1947–1977: elite programmes and mass politics.
- 6 Israel 1949–1981.
- 7 Ireland 1948–1981: issues, parties, strategies.
- 8 Northern Ireland 1921–1973: party manifestos and platforms.
- 9 Sweden and Denmark 1945–1982: election programmes in the Scandinavian setting.
- 10 The Netherlands 1946–1981.
- 11 Belgium 1946–1981.
- 12 Luxembourg 1945–1982: dimensions and strategies.
- 13 Austria 1945–1978.
- 14 Electoral programmes in West Germany 1949–1980: explorations in the nature of political controversy.
- 15 France 1958–1981: the strategy of joint government platforms.
- 16 Italy 1946–1979: ideological distances and party movements.
- 17 Japan 1960–1980: party programmes in elections.
- 18 Do parties differ, and how? Comparative discriminant and factor analyses.
- Appendices
- General bibliography
- Index
Summary
GOVERNMENT AND THE PARTY SYSTEM
The same struggle for independence which produced the party system of the Irish Republic also produced the Northern Irish State. In a situation of diminishing British control the Government of Northern Ireland was constituted in 1921 for the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, with its administrative centre in Belfast. The rest of Ireland became a self-governing dominion. Thereafter the two parts of Ireland moved apart, although the nationalists both within and outside the North continued to demand unification of the island. In 1937 the new (Southern) Irish Constitution applied in theory everywhere. In 1949 the Irish Free State formally became the Republic of Ireland, following the passing of the Republic of Ireland Act (1948). In response, the Westminster Parliament in the Ireland Act (1949) gave a specific guarantee that Northern Ireland would remain part of the United Kingdom with legislative devolution over matters not of concern to the U.K. as a whole.
The Parliament was not sovereign. However, its institutions were modelled on those of Westminster. The legislature comprised the Crown, represented by a Governor, a House of Commons and a Senate. From 1929 elections were held on a simple plurality system in single member districts. The Senate consisted of 26 members and all but two ex-officio members were elected, by proportional representation, by the Lower House.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ideology, Strategy and Party ChangeSpatial Analyses of Post-War Election Programmes in 19 Democracies, pp. 160 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987
- 1
- Cited by