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A Political History of the Two Irelands : From Partition to Peace Brian M. Walker, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, UK. text

By: Walker, Brian MercerMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2012Description: 254 p. PBKISBN: 9780230361478; 9780230301665 (hbk.)Subject(s): 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 / IrelandDDC classification: 941.5082 WAL
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.

<p>Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-241) and index.</p>

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.

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