Title Indivisible territory and the politics of legitimacy : Jerusalem and Northern Ireland / Stacie E. Goddard

Published Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Constructing Indivisibility : A Legitimation Theory of Indivisible Territory -- 3. Home Rule : A Divisible Ireland -- 4. "Ulster Will Fight" : The Orange Card and an Indivisible Ireland -- 5. Dividing the Holy City -- 6. Jerusalem, Indivisible -- 7. How Northern Ireland Became Divisible (and Why Jerusalem Has Not) -- 8. Conclusion Summary In Jerusalem and Northern Ireland, territorial disputes have often seemed indivisible, unable to be solved through negotiation, and prone to violence and war. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that these conflicts were the inevitable result of clashing identities, religions, and attachments to the land. On the contrary, it was radical political rhetoric, and not ancient hatreds, that rendered these territories indivisible. Stacie Goddard traces the roots of territorial indivisibility to politicians' strategies for legitimating their claims to territory. When bargaining over territory, politicians utilize rhetoric to appeal to their domestic audiences and undercut the claims of their opponents. However, this strategy has unintended consequences; by resonating with some coalitions and appearing unacceptable to others, politicians' rhetoric can lock them into positions in which they are unable to recognize the legitimacy of their opponent's demands. As a result, politicians come to negotiations with incompatible claims, constructing territory as indivisible Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index Notes Print version record Subject Nationalism -- Northern Ireland Political violence -- Northern Ireland Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland Nationalism -- Jerusalem Political violence -- Jerusalem Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Jerusalem Partition, Territorial -- Case studies HISTORY. Nationalism Partition, Territorial Political violence Rhetoric -- Political aspects SUBJECT Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003297 Jerusalem -- History -- Partition, 1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003348 Subject Ireland Middle East -- Jerusalem Northern Ireland Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511635083 0511635087 9780521439855 052143985X 0511635532 9780511635533

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