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A Just Society for Ireland? 1964–1987The Constitutional Crusade

A Just Society for Ireland? 1964–1987: The Constitutional Crusade [‘Will Garret FitzGerald radically alter the orientation of the party? While his reputation is liberal and progressive, an analysis of his political attitudes suggests that he is actually quite conservative’.1 Such were the musings of Vincent Browne in a Magill profile of the new Fine Gael leader in early 1978. They seem peculiar, given the reputation that FitzGerald developed and the fact that he considered himself a social, rather than Christian, democrat. From his association with Declan Costello in the 1960s through to his efforts to reform Fine Gael in the late 1970s and 1980s, FitzGerald has always been identified with Fine Gael’s progressive wing. But Browne had perceptively identified a conservative tinge to his liberal appearance. FitzGerald was certainly to the left of the party’s traditionalists, but much of his agenda for change in the 1980s was framed in conservative terms.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Just Society for Ireland? 1964–1987The Constitutional Crusade

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
ISBN
978-1-349-43779-5
Pages
162 –193
DOI
10.1057/9781137022066_9
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[‘Will Garret FitzGerald radically alter the orientation of the party? While his reputation is liberal and progressive, an analysis of his political attitudes suggests that he is actually quite conservative’.1 Such were the musings of Vincent Browne in a Magill profile of the new Fine Gael leader in early 1978. They seem peculiar, given the reputation that FitzGerald developed and the fact that he considered himself a social, rather than Christian, democrat. From his association with Declan Costello in the 1960s through to his efforts to reform Fine Gael in the late 1970s and 1980s, FitzGerald has always been identified with Fine Gael’s progressive wing. But Browne had perceptively identified a conservative tinge to his liberal appearance. FitzGerald was certainly to the left of the party’s traditionalists, but much of his agenda for change in the 1980s was framed in conservative terms.]

Published: Oct 20, 2015

Keywords: Attorney General; Unborn Child; Irish Woman; Pluralist Society; Constitutional Amendment

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