Sinn Féin’s Tortuous Road to Power
Sinn Féin, once an outcast of Northern Ireland political life, now sits in the power-sharing Executive alongside the Democratic Unionist Party. In order to secure such a position, it had to transform itself, abandoning deep-seated principles such as abstentionism and severe the link between politica...
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| description | Sinn Féin, once an outcast of Northern Ireland political life, now sits in the power-sharing Executive alongside the Democratic Unionist Party. In order to secure such a position, it had to transform itself, abandoning deep-seated principles such as abstentionism and severe the link between political and military actions. It has adopted, throughout the peace process, a newly-found enthusiasm for left-wing politics and for the institutions provided by the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, to which it is a signatory. This process presented the party with difficulties and highlighted its contradictions, as seen throughout the protracted controversy over the decommissioning of IRA weapons. What has made this transformation possible, both in terms of its internal cohesion and public perception, is its capacity to adapt its strategies and discourse to a fast-evolving situation, although the party is still faced with momentous challenges, in particular that of transcending the sectarian divide that still characterises Northern Irish politics and society. |
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