Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1748-6858|29|4|526-535
ISSN： 0034-6705
Source： Review of Politics, Vol.29, Iss.4, 1967-10, pp. : 526-535
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Abstract
Almost thirty years ago Nicholas Mansergh concluded that the political parties in Northern Ireland did not fulfill the needs of the political system: that (to put his statement in more contemporary terms) the input functions, particularly that of political socialization, were enfeebled to the extent that one party constituted a permanent government while the other became an equally permanent opposition. What is more, underlying the party system and within the political society itself there existed no consensus on fundamentals: “There is no residue of political beliefs—as in Great Britain and the Free State—acceptable to both parties.”
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