Sinn Fein has undergone a startling transformation in the last
two-and-a-half decades. Under the leadership of its two principal
figures Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness the mainstream party of
Irish republicanism has changed beyond almost all recognition. It
has moved from the margins of political life, on both sides of the
Irish border, to a position where it occupies the Deputy First
Minister's chair in Northern Ireland and was viewed, until
recently, as the coming force in southern Irish politics. In this
book, the contours of Sinn Fein's recent evolution are considered,
with particular emphasis on the various strategic objectives that
the party has set itself. Sinn Fein's attitude to the Northern
Irish peace process is considered at length here and the book
challenges the 'conventional wisdom' that would juxtapose
republican 'politics' and republican 'war' the notion being that,
during the 1990s, republicans exchanged the latter for the former
and were, therefore, 'tamed' into becoming a 'normal' political
party. The central argument here is that such a view rests on a
false dichotomy. It has been said that 'war is merely the
continuation of politics'; with respect to Sinn Fein, it is argued,
the inverse formulation needs also to be considered, with
republican politics seen, by republicans themselves, as an
extension of the war. In following through this line of argument,
this book attempts to consider republicans on their own terms; to
take their thoughts and words 'seriously' and to examine their
recent history accordingly.
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