A Political History of the Two Irelands : From Partition to Peace

Walker, Brian Mercer

A Political History of the Two Irelands : From Partition to Peace text Brian M. Walker, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, UK. - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2012 - 254 p. PBK

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index.



Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I -- Action and Reaction : Majority Identities, 1921-60 -- Parallel Universes : Minority Identities, 1921-60 -- Remembering and Forgetting : Commemorations and Identity, 1921-60 -- PART II -- Conflict and Conciliation : Identities and Change, 1960-2010 -- Remembering and Reclaiming : Commemorations and Identity, 1960-2010 -- The Past and the Present : History, Identity and the Peace Process.

"An examination of the fraught dynamics of identity politics in and between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State/ Republic of Ireland from 1921 to the present. This book provides a new understanding of the 'Troubles' and the peace process. Commemorations and the influence of history receive special attention, as does the European context"-- Provided by publisher.

9780230361478 9780230301665 (hbk.)

2011050314


Ireland - History - Partition, 1921
Ireland - Politics and government - 1922--
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National
Irish unification question
Northern Ireland - Politics and government
Northern Ireland - Relations - Ireland
Ireland - Relations - Northern Ireland
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland

941.5082 WAL