Explaining Northern Ireland : broken images /
John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary.
- Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1995.
- viii, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.
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?