Sinn Féin is a growing force in Irish politics. Now the country's third largest party, Sinn Féin have been one of the central architects of the peace process and are increasingly setting the terms of political debate in Ireland north and south. Despite this, the party remains much misunderstood and often misrepresented.

In Sinn Féin & The Politics of Left Republicanism, Sinn Féin activist Eoin Ó Broin explores the ideological and organisational origins of the party, charts their history and recent political development and assesses their possible futures.

He argues that Sinn Féin is part of a distinct left-republican tradition in Irish society whose future lies in the globally resurgent radical democratic left.

Eoin Ó Broin is a writer and policy analyst based in Dublin. He has been a Sinn Féin activist for fifteen years, He is the Chairperson of Dublin Sinn Féin and a member of the party's Ard Comhairle (National Executive). He writes a regular column for An Phoblacht and is the author of Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism (Pluto, 2009).

Introduction
1 The Origins of Left Republicanism
2 The Arrival of Left Republicanism
3 Left Republicanism on the margins
4 Sinn Féin & the politics of left republicanism
5 Conclusion
History Lesson - Eight theses on the future of Sinn Féin
Appendix 1: Sinn Féin election results 1982 - 2007
Appendix 2: Sinn Féin policy documents
Recommended reading
Notes
Bibliography
Index