This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the 'Troubles' and the peace process. It examines the impact of the fraught dynamics between the competing identities of the Nationalist-Catholic-Irish Community on the one hand and the Unionist-Protestant-British community on the other. BRIAN M. WALKER Professor of Irish Studiesat theSchool of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, UK. He is a former director of the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's. His publications include a number of books on Irish elections and politics, such as 'Dancing to History's Tune: History, Myth and Politics in Ireland'. INDICE: 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, Identityand the Peace Process - Conclusion - Endnotes - Bibliography -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-30166-5
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés