Explaining Northern Ireland : broken images / John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary.
By: McGarry, John.
Contributor(s): O'Leary, Brendan.
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995Description: viii, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0631183485 ; 0631183493 .Subject(s): Violence -- Northern Ireland -- History | Irish unification question | Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1969-1994 | Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994DDC classification: 941.60824Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 941.60824 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00016322 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a bold and timely analysis of the conflict in Northern Ireland, offering a comprehensive, up-to-date and constructively critical evaluation of the massive outpouring of literature on the subject. John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary examine the most common explanations of the conflict - nationalist, unionist, Marxist, religious, cultural and economic - highlighting their shortcomings and placing Northern Ireland within a comparative context. Synthesizing their conclusions, the authors advance a realistic but imaginative prognosis for conflict-resolution in this most troubled region.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-507) and indexes.
Introduction: Explanations and Images -- Part I: External Explanations -- Nationalist Discourses: British Centrality or British Neutrality? -- Green Political Economy: British Imperialism as the Prime Mover -- Unionist Discourses: Irish Irredentism and British Absenteeism -- Oranges and Reds: Revisionist Marxism -- Part II: Internal Explanations -- Warring Gods? Theological Tales -- Fiery Values: Cultural Interpretations -- Mammon and Utility: Liberal Economic Reasoning -- Part III: Synthesis and Futures -- No Place Apart: Comparative Political Analysis -- Pain-killers, Panaceas and Solvents: Explanations and Prescriptions -- Afterword: The sound of breaking ice?
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Explanations and Images
- Part I External Explanations
- 1 Nationalist Discourses
- 2 Green Political Economy
- 3 Unionist Discourses
- 4 Revisionist Marxism
- Part II Internal Explanations
- 5 Warring Gods: Theological Tales
- 6 Fiery Values: Cultural Interpretations
- 7 Mammon and Utility: Liberal Economic Reasonings
- Part III Synthesis and Futures
- 8 No Place Apart: Comparative Political Analysis
- 9 Pain-killers, Panaceas and Solvents
- 10 Afterword
- Appendix A The Joint Declaration for Peace (December 1993)
- Appendix B Analysis of the Text of the Joint Peace Declaration
- Notes
- Additional References
- Glossary and Terminology
- Abbreviations
- Name Index
- Subject Index
Author notes provided by Syndetics
John McGarry is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Politics, at King's College, University of Western Ontario.Brendan O'Leary is Reader in Political Science and Public Administration in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Their previous works include The Future of Northern Ireland (1990); The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland, (1993) and, with Tom Lyne, Jim Marshall and Bob Rowthorn, Northern Ireland: Sharing Authority.