Title A political history of the two Irelands : from partition to peace / Brian M. Walker, Professor, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast, UK

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- PART I -- Action and Reaction: Majority Identities, 1921-60 -- Parallel Universes: Minority Identities, 1921-60 -- Remembering and Forgetting: Commemorations and Identity, 1921-60 -- PART II -- Conflict and Conciliation: Identities and Change, 1960-2010 -- Remembering and Reclaiming: Commemorations and Identity, 1960-2010 -- The Past and the Present: History, Identity and the Peace Process -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I -- Action and Reaction: Majority Identities, 1921-60 -- Parallel Universes: Minority Identities, 1921-60 -- Remembering and Forgetting: Commemorations and Identity, 1921-60 -- PART II -- Conflict and Conciliation: Identities and Change, 1960-2010 -- Remembering and Reclaiming: Commemorations and Identity, 1960-2010 -- The Past and the Present: History, Identity and the Peace Process Summary This ground-breaking political history of the two states in Ireland provides unique new insights into the 'Troubles' and the peace process. It examines the impact of the fraught dynamics between the competing identities of the Nationalist-Catholic-Irish community on the one hand and the Unionist-Protestant-British community on the other. Brian Walker provides a new understanding of the outbreak of the 'Troubles' in 1969 and the subsequent peace process. He argues that exclusive and confrontational ideas of identity developed in the north and south of Ireland after 1921, which helped to lead to the outbreak of violence nearly fifty years later. The rise of more pluralist and conciliatory views of identity has greatly assisted the recent move to accommodation and relative peace. In an innovative approach, Walker examines the role of commemorations and the influence of 'history.' Recent developments such as the successful establishment of the power-sharing executive in Belfast are covered as is the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth to Dublin "An examination of the fraught dynamics of identity politics in and between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State/ Republic of Ireland from 1921 to the present. This book provides a new understanding of the 'Troubles' and the peace process. Commemorations and the influence of history receive special attention, as does the European context"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Irish unification question. British & Irish history -- Ireland -- Northern Ireland -- 20th century. Political ideologies -- Ireland -- Northern Ireland -- 20th century. Peace studies & conflict resolution -- Ireland -- Northern Ireland -- 20th century. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism. HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. History. Irish unification question Politics and government International relations SUBJECT Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068046 Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092560 Ireland -- History -- Partition, 1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003297 Ireland -- Relations -- Northern Ireland Northern Ireland -- Relations -- Ireland Subject Ireland Northern Ireland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230363403 0230363407 9786613381651 6613381659 1283381656 9781283381659 0230301665 9780230301665

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