London Global Gateway Library

A Political History of the Two Irelands :

Walker, Brian Mercer.

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. - New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xiv, 254 pages ; 22 cm

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"--

9780230301665 (hbk.) 9780230361478 (pbk.)

2011050314


Irish unification question.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism.
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National.


Ireland--Politics and government--1922--
Northern Ireland--Politics and government.
Ireland--History--Partition, 1921.
Ireland--Relations--Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland--Relations--Ireland.

DA963 / .W26 2012 DA963 / .W26 2012

941.5082