'One of the most impressive works on the Northern Ireland conflict which I have read in many years. It has the magisterial quality of J. J. Lee's Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society, or John Whyte's Interpreting Northern Ireland. It is an amazingly comprehensive and coherent manuscript, which draws on many disciplines - history, economics, politics and anthropology - to provide a rich and complex synthesis.' Paul Arthur, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

• 1. Introduction; 2. Historical formations; 3. The reconstruction of communal division; 4. Ideology and conflict; 5. The dynamics of conflict: politics; 6. The dynamics of conflict: the economy; 7. The dynamics of conflict: culture; 8. The British context of the conflict; 9. The Republic of Ireland and the conflict; 10. The international context; 11. An emancipatory approach to the conflict.

'One of the most impressive works on the Northern Ireland conflict which I have read in many years. It has the magisterial quality of J. J. Lee's Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society, or John Whyte's Interpreting Northern Ireland. It is an amazingly comprehensive and coherent manuscript, which draws on many disciplines - history, economics, politics and anthropology - to provide a rich and complex synthesis.' Paul Arthur, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

• 1. Introduction; 2. Historical formations; 3. The reconstruction of communal division; 4. Ideology and conflict; 5. The dynamics of conflict: politics; 6. The dynamics of conflict: the economy; 7. The dynamics of conflict: culture; 8. The British context of the conflict; 9. The Republic of Ireland and the conflict; 10. The international context; 11. An emancipatory approach to the conflict.

'One of the most impressive works on the Northern Ireland conflict which I have read in many years. It has the magisterial quality of J. J. Lee's Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society, or John Whyte's Interpreting Northern Ireland. It is an amazingly comprehensive and coherent manuscript, which draws on many disciplines - history, economics, politics and anthropology - to provide a rich and complex synthesis.' Paul Arthur, University of Ulster, Jordanstown

• 1. Introduction; 2. Historical formations; 3. The reconstruction of communal division; 4. Ideology and conflict; 5. The dynamics of conflict: politics; 6. The dynamics of conflict: the economy; 7. The dynamics of conflict: culture; 8. The British context of the conflict; 9. The Republic of Ireland and the conflict; 10. The international context; 11. An emancipatory approach to the conflict.