A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace by B. Walker (E

Description: A Political History of the Two Irelands by B. Walker 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. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Notes This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the Troubles and the peace process Author Biography Brian Mercer Walker is Professor of Irish Studies, School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, Queens University Belfast, Ireland. Table of Contents 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 Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Review It is refreshing to encounter a book that explains the way the modern histories of the two Irelands -north and south- have intertwined and formed a dizzyingly self-reinforcing feedback system: sometimes for the better, mostly for the worse. Professor Brian Walker is one of the few writers who can catch this interaction with clarity and a strong and fair sense of evidence. I recommend this book highly to anyone who cares about where Ireland has been - and where it is going.- Donald Harman Akenson, Douglas Professor of History, Queens University, CanadaThere are always other narratives in a nations history, which are hidden or consciously excluded by those with a vested interest in doing so. In this timely overview of Irelands political history in the last century, Brian Walker takes a wide European and all-Ireland viewpoint to show how a selective narrowing of identities underpinned the Northern Ireland conflict and how a reconsideration of such selective narratives has underpinned the current peace process. This is a most uplifting and highly readable new work.- Marianne Elliott, Professor and Director of the Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UKThis book has two great strengths: first, an equal grasp of the internal affairs of Northern Ireland and what is now the Republic of Ireland, and secondly, an equally firm understanding of the ways in which the two Irelands interact with each other. It took two generations for the two entities to realise that they had to live together, and to arrive openly at mechanisms that would achieve this. However, it is tragic that it took over three thousand deaths and an unknown amount of economic growth missed out on because of political instability for this to become clear at a popular level.- Tom Garvin, Professor Emeritus of Politics in University College Dublin, IrelandA Political History of the Two Irelands makes a good starting point for any reflection on the task that lies ahead. -Kenneth Milne, Church of Ireland GazetteThose expecting that Brian Walkers political history will be yet another over well-trodden ground will be both pleasantly and profitably surprised by his account of Irelands 20th century history...Brian Walkers stimulating political history is the best place to start. - Kevin Bean, History Today Long Description This ground-breaking political history of the two states in Ireland 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 Walker provides a new understanding of the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969 and the subsequent peace process. He argues that exclusive and confrontational ideas of identity developed in the north and south of Ireland after 1921, which helped to lead to the outbreak of violence nearly fifty years later. The rise of more pluralist and conciliatory views of identity has greatly assisted the recent move to accommodation and relative peace. In an innovative approach, Walker examines the role of commemorations and the influence of history. Recent developments such as the successful establishment of the power-sharing executive in Belfast are covered as is the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth to Dublin. Review Quote It is refreshing to encounter a book that explains the way the modern histories of the two Irelands -north and south- have intertwined and formed a dizzyingly self-reinforcing feedback system: sometimes for the better, mostly for the worse. Professor Brian Walker is one of the few writers who can catch this interaction with clarity and a strong and fair sense of evidence. I recommend this book highly to anyone who cares about where Ireland has been - and where it is going. - Donald Harman Akenson, Douglas Professor of History, Queens University, Canada There are always other narratives in a nations history, which are hidden or consciously excluded by those with a vested interest in doing so. In this timely overview of Irelands political history in the last century, Brian Walker takes a wide European and all-Ireland viewpoint to show how a selective narrowing of identities underpinned the Northern Ireland conflict and how a reconsideration of such selective narratives has underpinned the current peace process. This is a most uplifting and highly readable new work. - Marianne Elliott, Professor and Director of the Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UK This book has two great strengths: first, an equal grasp of the internal affairs of Northern Ireland and what is now the Republic of Ireland, and secondly, an equally firm understanding of the ways in which the two Irelands interact with each other. It took two generations for the two entities to realise that they had to live together, and to arrive openly at mechanisms that would achieve this. However, it is tragic that it took over three thousand deaths and an unknown amount of economic growth missed out on because of political instability for this to become clear at a popular level. - Tom Garvin, Professor Emeritus of Politics in University College Dublin, Ireland A Political History of the Two Irelands makes a good starting point for any reflection on the task that lies ahead. -Kenneth Milne, Church of Ireland Gazette Those expecting that Brian Walkers political history will be yet another over well-trodden ground will be both pleasantly and profitably surprised by his account of Irelands 20th century history...Brian Walkers stimulating political history is the best place to start. - Kevin Bean, History Today Description for Bookstore This ground-breaking political history of the two Irish States provides unique new insights into the Troubles and the peace process Details ISBN0230301665 Language English ISBN-10 0230301665 ISBN-13 9780230301665 Media Book Format Hardcover Short Title POLITICAL HIST OF 2 IRELANDS Pages 254 DEWEY 941.5 Publication Date 2012-01-17 Year 2012 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle From Partition to Peace AU Release Date 2012-01-17 NZ Release Date 2012-01-17 UK Release Date 2012-01-17 Illustrations XIV, 254 p. 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