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This edited collection on the politics and society of Northern Ireland includes original material on the background to, and patterns of, conflict; its main protagonists; the social structure of Northern Irish society; popular culture and representations of the conflict; the memory and legacy of political violence, and discussions and debates concerning the future of Northern Ireland. It presents theoretically informed real-life case studies and charts the conflict's many dimensions, tracing its trajectory from partition to the pressing challenges of reconciliation, coexistence, and envisioning Northern Ireland's tomorrow.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Jon Tonge
Foreword
James W. McAuley, Máire Braniff and Graham Spencer
Introduction and Overview
Part One: Background and Patterns of Conflict, Violence and Settlement
Landon Hancock
From Plantation to Partition: the development of conflicting identities
Simon Prince
The Origins of the 'Troubles'
Eamon O'Kane
Governments in Conflict
Shaun McDaid
'Tangled up in Red, White and Blue': securitization, the border, and North-South relations since partition
Part Two: Protagonists in the Conflict
Clare Rice
Ulster Unionism and Irish Nationalism
Graham Spencer
Ulster Loyalism
John F. Morrison
Irish Republicanism
Aaron Edwards
The British Army and the Security Forces
Jonny Byrne
Policing and Reform in the 'new' Northern Ireland
Part Three: Structure, Identity and Belonging
Neil Ferguson
Social Identity, Belonging and the Conflict
L. Philip Barnes
Religion and the Conflict
John Bell
Sport, Conflict and Peace
Alan McCully and Alan Smith
The Political Economy of Education since the Peace Agreement
Colin Coulter
Class and Conflict
James W. McAuley
Sectarianism, Segregation and Socialization into Difference
Philip McDermott and Shannon Doherty
Parity of Esteem for All? Migrants and Political Belonging
Part Four: Women, Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding
Máire Braniff
'The Peace We Know': Women in Peace and Conflict
Fiona Bloomer, Claire Pierson and Danielle Mackle
Gender and Sexuality
Fidelma Ashe and John O'Doherty
Conflict, Peacebuilding and LGBTQI+ Identities
Part Five: Representations of Conflict
Dominic Bryan
Popular Culture and Political Representations: Notes from the 'Culture War'
Paddy Hoey and Stephen Baker
The Media: from the 'Troubles' and the Peace Process to Online Sectarian Entrepreneurship
Connal Parr
Northern Ireland in Plays, Television and Film
Part Six: Memory, Legacy and Reconciliation
Rebecca Graff-McRae
'Ghost Stories You'll Tell to Your Wains': Memory, Mourning, and Commemorative Politics
Kris Brown
Memory and Reconstructions of the Past: The Role of Commemoration
Stephen Hopkins
Political Memoir Writing and Memories of Conflict: Personal narratives of the 'Troubles'
Duncan Morrow
Reconciliation, Change, Politics and Peace
Part Seven: Politics, Society and the Future
David Mitchell
Politics after the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement - Lessons of Peace and Conflict
Giada Lagana
Metagoverning out of Conflict: the European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation
Cillian McGrattan
The Politics of the Third Space
Mary-Louise Corr and Siobhan McAlister
Young People in Conflict and Post-Conflict
Feargal Cochrane
A Fragile Peace: Contemporary and Future Politics of Northern Ireland
Notes on Contributors
Index
