This title examines the political content of the unionist and nationalist ideologies which have emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Ireland.
A collection of essays by academics and specialists (rather than participants) that provides a comprehensive analysis of the perceptions and responses of each of the predominant political movements and forces...
Therefore the instability caused by PIRA violence and loyalist retaliation was proof that Northern Ireland was, in Haughey's words, a “failed political entity'.” In his first meeting with Thatcher in May 1980 Haughey attempted to move ...
First published in 1999, this volume was the third in a trilogy on the 'problem' of Northern Ireland.
Since the founding of the Irish state in 1921–22, the nineteenthcentury giants of non-violent nationalism, O'Connell and Parnell, have faded into the background, leaving the men of 1916, plus Michael Collins, the embodiment of all that ...
First published in 1999, this volume was the third in a trilogy on the 'problem' of Northern Ireland.
British Government and the Northern Ireland Question: Governing a Divided Community
From 1800 to 1922 the Irish Question was the most emotional and divisive issue in British politics.
Examines the conflict in Ireland between the Irish and the English, with an emphasis on events occurring since 1969, and discusses treaties and other possible solutions.
This is a careful study of the rise in political consciousness- it addresses the relationship between nationalism and the Catholic faith, and popular support for the Union amongst Ulster Protestants- providing clear analysis of a troubled ...
They also extend over elite political assumptions and strategies, and inter-state coordination practices. This book was published as a special issue of Irish Political Studies.