As someone who moved from Irish republican socialism to anarchism, Kevin Bean offers a
convincing and fascinating insight into the journey and demise of radical republicanism in
Ireland. It demolishes the ‘sell-out’ narrative promoted by some quarters of disaffected
republicanism by diligently exploring the rapid transformation of the Provisional movement
from a counter-insurgency to an active partner in governing the state it now eagerly
upholds. ---- Bean locates Irish republicanism in a global political context and shows how
its politics are comparable to other ideological projects that have undergone similar
decline and redefinition since the late 1980s. The book considers the tension between the
universal and the particular within republicanism and how this is reflected in specific
aspects of republican politics with a complex dialectic between the British state and
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