Contemporary Irish Studies – serie
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Who Are 'The People'?
Unionism, Protestantism & Loyalism in Northern Ireland
Av Shirlow, Peter Shirlow m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
463 kr
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'As one would expect in a book written by authors of such varied outlook, no single vision emerges. But some fascinating material does.' Times Literary Supplement‘The breadth of material considered by the contributors to Who Are ‘The People’? provides an excellent introduction to the way in which …
Novel and the Nation
Studies in the New Irish Fiction
Av Gerry Smyth
Häftad, 1997
354 kr
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Recent developments in Irish literature are largely ignored in existing critical texts on Irish culture. This is the first study to make a detailed examination of the new novelists and themes emerging in the genre, as well as covering the foundations of contemporary Irish fiction. Gerry Smyth …
Decolonisation and Criticism
The Construction of Irish Literature
Av Gerry Smyth
Häftad, 1998
410 kr
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This book investigates the role of literary criticism in the process of Irish decolonisation since the late eighteenth century, with special emphasis on the 1950s. Drawing on the work of both Irish and international commentators – including Edward Said, David Lloyd, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and …
Contemporary Northern Irish Society
An Introduction
Häftad, 1999
354 kr
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This is a critical overview of the various sources of social and political identity in Northern Ireland. The book examines the key variables of sociology - status, class and gender and, in this case, ethno-religion - and explains why ethno-religious sentiment has become the principle source of …
Inside the Celtic Tiger
Häftad, 1998
324 kr
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One of the poorest states in the European Union during the 1980s, the Republic of Ireland's economy has grown rapidly in the 1990s, despite an overwhelming dependence on foreign capital. Echoing the 'tiger' economies of East Asia, this has led many to dub Ireland the Celtic Tiger. In this original …
Crowned Harp
Policing Northern Ireland
Häftad, 2000
334 kr
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This book is a detailed analysis of policing in Northern Ireland. Tracing its history from 1922, Ellison and Smyth portray the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as an organisation burdened by its past as a colonial police force. They analyse its perceived close relationship with unionism and why, for …
Reinventing Ireland
Culture, Society and the Global Economy
Av Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
324 kr
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Over the last decade the Irish economy has experienced a period of unprecedented growth which has earned it the title Celtic Tiger. This success has been interpreted by academic commentators as marking a social and cultural transformation, what some have called the reinvention of Ireland. The …
Bloody Sunday
Trauma, Pain & Politics
Av Patrick Hayes, Jim Campbell
Häftad, 2005
367 kr
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Of all the grave crises in Northern Ireland's history, the events of Bloody Sunday are perhaps the most notorious. The subject of an independent inquiry that is the longest and most expensive the British government has ever undertaken, this yet to be resolved issue continues to be one of the most …
Belfast
Segregation, Violence and the City
Av Peter Shirlow, Brendan Murtagh
Häftad, 2006
477 kr
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Paris, Jerusalem and Belfast are cities that are shaped by political violence, death and the injustices caused by segregated living. But divided cities are becoming places within which policy makers and politicians project an image of normality despite the facts of social injustice, victimhood and …
Bloody Sunday
Trauma, Pain & Politics
Av Patrick Hayes, Jim Campbell
Inbunden, 2005
970 kr
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Of all the grave crises in Northern Ireland's history, the events of Bloody Sunday are perhaps the most notorious. The subject of an independent inquiry that is the longest and most expensive the British government has ever undertaken, this yet to be resolved issue continues to be one of the most …
Ireland Beyond Boundaries
Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2006
367 kr
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This is an an authoritative, up-to-date account of the development of Irish Studies over the past two decades. The authors examine the key debates that have underpinned recent scholarship and analyse critical concerns that have shaped the subject’s remarkable growth. They trace the institutional …
Ireland Beyond Boundaries
Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Inbunden, 2006
970 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This is an an authoritative, up-to-date account of the development of Irish Studies over the past two decades. The authors examine the key debates that have underpinned recent scholarship and analyse critical concerns that have shaped the subject’s remarkable growth. They trace the institutional …
