Dynamics of political change in Ireland : making and breaking a divided island / edited by Niall Ó Dochartaigh, Katy Hayward and Elizabeth Meehan.
Series: Routledge advances in European politics ; 130.Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxvii, 230 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138196001; 1138196002Subject(s): Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949- | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998- | Ireland -- Relations -- Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland -- Relations -- IrelandDDC classification: 320.9415 LOC classification: JN 1415 | .D96 2017Summary: This book examines the interrelated dynamics of political action, ideology and state structures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, emphasising the wider UK and European contexts in which they are nested. It makes a significant and unique contribution to wider European and international debates over state and nation and contested borders, looking at the dialectic between political action and institutions, examining party politics, ideological struggle and institutional change. It goes beyond the binary approaches to Irish politics and looks at the deep shifts associated with major socio-political changes, such as immigration, gender equality and civil society activism. Interdisciplinary in approach, it includes contributions from across history, law, sociology and political science and draws on a rich body of knowledge and original research data. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of Irish Politics, Society and History, British Politics, Peace and Conflict studies, Nationalism, and more broadly to European Politics.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines the interrelated dynamics of political action, ideology and state structures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, emphasising the wider UK and European contexts in which they are nested. It makes a significant and unique contribution to wider European and international debates over state and nation and contested borders, looking at the dialectic between political action and institutions, examining party politics, ideological struggle and institutional change. It goes beyond the binary approaches to Irish politics and looks at the deep shifts associated with major socio-political changes, such as immigration, gender equality and civil society activism. Interdisciplinary in approach, it includes contributions from across history, law, sociology and political science and draws on a rich body of knowledge and original research data. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of Irish Politics, Society and History, British Politics, Peace and Conflict studies, Nationalism, and more broadly to European Politics.
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