A political history of the two Irelands
Subtitle: from partition to peace
By: Brian M. Walker, Professor, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780230361478
Subjects: Politics and government; Relations; HISTORY / Europe / Ireland; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism; Ireland; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; Irish unification question; History
Description: "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"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: PART I; title: Action and Reaction: Majority Identities, 1921-60; title: Parallel Universes: Minority Identities, 1921-60; title: Remembering and Forgetting: Commemorations and Identity, 1921-60; title: PART II; title: Conflict and Conciliation: Identities and Change, 1960-2010; title: Remembering and Reclaiming: Commemorations and Identity, 1960-2010; title: The Past and the Present: History, Identity and the Peace Process.