Northern Ireland after the Troubles A Society in Transition

Name: Northern Ireland after the Troubles A Society in Transition
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ISBN: 9780719074417

ISBN-10: 071907441X

ISBN-13: 9780719074417

Edition: 2008

Authors: Colin Coulter, Michael Murray

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In the last generation, Northern Ireland has undergone a tortuous yet remarkable process of social and political change. This collection of essays aims to capture the complex and shifting realities of a society in the process of transition from war to peace. The book brings together commentators from a range of academic backgrounds and political perspectives. As well as focusing upon those political divisions and disputes that are most readily associated with Northern Ireland, it provides a rather broader focus than is conventionally found in books on the region. It examines the cultural identities and cultural practices that are essential to the formation and understanding of Northern…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Colin Coulter is a sociology lecturer at the National University of Ireland Maynooth



List of tables


List of figures


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgement



Introduction




Political developments and divisions



Telling stories, facing truths: memory, justice and post-conflict transition




From conflict to communal politics: the politics of peace




Belfast: a segregated city




Spatial planning in contested territory: the search for a place vision after the 'troubles'




Policing change: to reform or not to transform?




Social identities



Religious change and persistence




Gender and ethno-nationalist politics




The glacier moves? Economic change and class structure




Whiteness, racism and exclusion: a critical race perspective




Cultural practices



Still taking sides: sport, leisure and identity




From shellshock rock to ceasefire sounds: popular music




House training the paramilitaries: the media and the propaganda of peace



Index