Dynamics Of Political Change In Ireland

Author : Niall Ó Dochartaigh,Katy Hayward,Elizabeth Meehan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317269908

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Dynamics of Political Change in Ireland by Niall Ó Dochartaigh,Katy Hayward,Elizabeth Meehan Pdf

This book examines the interrelated dynamics of political action, ideology and state structures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, emphasising the wider UK and European contexts in which they are nested. It makes a significant and unique contribution to wider European and international debates over state and nation and contested borders, looking at the dialectic between political action and institutions, examining party politics, ideological struggle and institutional change. It goes beyond the binary approaches to Irish politics and looks at the deep shifts associated with major socio-political changes, such as immigration, gender equality and civil society activism. Interdisciplinary in approach, it includes contributions from across history, law, sociology and political science and draws on a rich body of knowledge and original research data. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of Irish Politics, Society and History, British Politics, Peace and Conflict studies, Nationalism, and more broadly to European Politics.

Author : Niall Ó Dochartaigh,Katy Hayward,Elizabeth Meehan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317269915

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Dynamics of Political Change in Ireland by Niall Ó Dochartaigh,Katy Hayward,Elizabeth Meehan Pdf

This book examines the interrelated dynamics of political action, ideology and state structures in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, emphasising the wider UK and European contexts in which they are nested. It makes a significant and unique contribution to wider European and international debates over state and nation and contested borders, looking at the dialectic between political action and institutions, examining party politics, ideological struggle and institutional change. It goes beyond the binary approaches to Irish politics and looks at the deep shifts associated with major socio-political changes, such as immigration, gender equality and civil society activism. Interdisciplinary in approach, it includes contributions from across history, law, sociology and political science and draws on a rich body of knowledge and original research data. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of Irish Politics, Society and History, British Politics, Peace and Conflict studies, Nationalism, and more broadly to European Politics.

Author : Paul Bew,Ellen Hazelkorn,Henry Patterson
Publisher : Lawrence & Wiehart
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015015511846

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The Dynamics of Irish Politics by Paul Bew,Ellen Hazelkorn,Henry Patterson Pdf

Author : Joseph Ruane,Jennifer Todd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1996-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 052156879X

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The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland by Joseph Ruane,Jennifer Todd Pdf

This book offers a uniquely comprehensive account of the conflict in Northern Ireland, providing a rigorous analysis of its dynamics and present structure and proposing a new approach to its resolution. It deals with historical process, communal relations, ideology, politics, economics and culture and with the wider British, Irish and international contexts. It reveals at once the enormous complexity of the conflict and shows how it is generated by a particular system of relationships which can be precisely and clearly described. The book proposes an emancipatory approach to the resolution of the conflict, conceived as the dismantling of this system of relationships. Although radical, this approach is already implicit in the converging understandings of the British and Irish governments of the causes of conflict. The authors argue that only much more determined pursuit of an emancipatory approach will allow an agreed political settlement to emerge.

Author : William J. Crotty,David E. Schmitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021423806

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Ireland and the Politics of Change by William J. Crotty,David E. Schmitt Pdf

The main theme of this text is change in the Republic and its emergence as a modern European state with a dynamic economy. Institutional developments, economic forces, demographic and attitudinal profiles and group-based concerns (religious, gender, class) are all discussed, as are their significance for policy enactment and political representation assessed. The book also examines the implications of these changes on the situation in Northern Ireland.

Author : John Coakley,Michael Gallagher,Eoin OMalley,Theresa Reidy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032357657

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Politics in the Republic of Ireland by John Coakley,Michael Gallagher,Eoin OMalley,Theresa Reidy Pdf

Building on the success of previous editions, Politics in the Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of government and politics in this seventh edition. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyses and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. It devotes chapters to every aspect of contemporary Irish government and politics, including the political parties and elections, the constitution, deliberative democracy, referendums, the Taoiseach and the governmental system, women and politics, the position of the Dáil, and Ireland's place within the European Union. Bringing readers up to date with the very latest developments, especially with the upheaval in the Irish party system and the implications of recent liberalising referendums, the seventh edition combines substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible book that meets the needs of all those who are interested in knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland.

Author : Dermot Keogh,Michael H. Haltzel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0521459338

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Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation by Dermot Keogh,Michael H. Haltzel Pdf

This collection adds to the extensive literature on Northern Ireland and Ireland by bringing together the leading academic and political figures working in the field and offering a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the historical process. The topics discussed include the remote and proximate causes of the conflict, fresh developments within the two states on the island, the role of the Roman Catholic Church, the rise of the ecumenical movement and the impact of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement on the triangular relationship between Dublin, Belfast and London. The volume concludes with an evaluation of likely impact of membership of the European Community on the conflict in Northern Ireland. The contributors to this book do not offer any easy solutions but provide a context in which the problem may be better understood by the international scholarly community and by the interested general reader.

Author : John Coakley,Michael Gallagher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317312697

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Politics in the Republic of Ireland by John Coakley,Michael Gallagher Pdf

Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised sixth edition. Building on the success of the previous five editions, it continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of the government and politics in the Republic of Ireland. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyses and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. It devotes chapters to every aspect of contemporary Irish government and politics, including the political parties and elections, the constitution, the Taoiseach and the governmental system, women and politics, the role of parliament, and Ireland’s place within the European Union. Bringing students up to date with the very latest developments, especially with the upheaval in the Irish party system, Coakley and Gallagher combine substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible textbook that meets the needs of all those who are interested in knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland.

Author : Nicola Jo-Anne Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015062819746

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Showcasing Globalisation? by Nicola Jo-Anne Smith Pdf

Despite the enormous academic debate about the impact of globalisation on national policy-making, surprisingly few authors choose to explore specific national contexts in significant detail. Yet such an approach can reveal a great deal about the dynamics of change in contemporary political economies. This book examines in-depth what is perhaps the test case for globalisation: the Irish Republic. Not only is Ireland hailed as the most globalised economy in the world, but its transformation into the Celtic Tiger in the 1990s is seen to demonstrate how nations can flourish in the new global economy. By implication, if other countries are to emulate Ireland's success they too must submit to the exogenous forces of globalisation. The book critically assesses such claims, exploring what if anything the term globalisation can reveal about the Irish case and, indeed, what the Irish case can reveal about globalisation. In so doing, it emphasises the need to unpack processes of economic and policy change, highlighting their complexity and contingency.

Author : David M. Farrell,Niamh Hardiman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192557155

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The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics by David M. Farrell,Niamh Hardiman Pdf

Ireland has enjoyed continuous democratic government for almost a century, an unusual experience among countries that gained their independence in the 20th century. But the way this works in practice has changed dramatically over time. Ireland's colonial past had an enduring influence over political life for much of the time since independence, enabling stable institutions of democratic accountability, while also shaping a dismal record of economic under-development and persistent emigration. More recently, membership of the EU has brought about far-reaching transformation across almost all aspects of Irish life. But if anything, the paradoxes have only intensified. Now one of the most open economies in the world, Ireland has experienced both rapid growth and one of the most severe crashes in the wake of the Great Recession. On some measures Ireland is among the most affluent countries in the world, yet this is not the lived experience for many of its citizens. Ireland is an unequivocally modern state, yet public life continues to be marked by formative ideas and values in which tradition and modernity are held in often uneasy embrace. It is a small state that has ambitions to leverage its distinctive place in the Atlantic and European worlds to carry more weight on the world stage. Ireland continues to be deeply connected to Britain through ties of culture and trade, now matters of deep concern in the context of Brexit. And the old fault-lines between North and South, between Ireland and Britain, which had been at the core of one of Europe's longest and bloodiest civil conflicts, risk being reopened by Britain's new hard-edged approach to national and European identities. These key issues are teased out in the 41 chapters of this book, making this the most comprehensive volume on Irish politics to date.

Author : John Coakley,Jennifer Todd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192578341

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Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland, 1969-2019 by John Coakley,Jennifer Todd Pdf

Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland: From Sunningdale to St Andrews uses original material from witness seminars, elite interviews, and archive documents to explore the shape taken by the Irish peace process, and in particular to analyse the manner in which successful stages of this were negotiated. Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement of 1998 marked the end a 30-year conflict that had witnessed more than 3,000 deaths, thousands of injuries, catastrophic societal damage, and large-scale economic dislocation. This book traces the roots of the Agreement over the decades, stretching back to the Sunningdale conference of 1973 and extending up to at least the St Andrews Agreement of 2006. It describes the changing relationship between parties to the conflict (nationalist and unionist groups within Northern Ireland, and the Irish and British governments) and identifies three dimensions of significant change: new ways of implementing the concept of sovereignty, growing acceptance of power sharing, and the steady emergence of substantial equality in the socio-economic, cultural, and political domains. As well as placing this in the context of an extensive social science literature, the book innovates by looking at the manner in which those most closely involved understood the process in which they were engaged. The authors reproduce testimonies from witness seminars and interviews involving central actors, including former prime ministers, ministers, senior officials, and political advisors. They conclude that the outcome was shaped by a distinctive interaction between the conscious planning of these elites and changing demographic and political realities that themselves were, in a symbiotic way, consequences of decisions made in earlier years. They also note the extent to which this settlement has come under pressure from new notions of sovereignty implicit in the Brexit process.

Author : Feargal Cochrane
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300205527

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Northern Ireland by Feargal Cochrane Pdf

The complete history of Northern Ireland from the Irish Civil War to Brexit "A wonderful book, beautifully written. . . . Informative and incisive."--Irish Times After two decades of relative peace following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the Brexit referendum in 2016 reopened the Northern Ireland question. In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane considers the region's troubled history from the struggle for Irish independence in the nineteenth century to the present. New chapters explain the reasons for the suspension of devolved government at Stormont in 2017 and its restoration in 2020 as well as the consequences for Northern Ireland of Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Providing a complete account of the province's hundred-year history, this book is essential reading to understand the present dimensions of the Northern Irish conflict.

Author : Michael O'Neill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429828829

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Green Parties and Political Change in Contemporary Europe by Michael O'Neill Pdf

Published in 1997, This book offers an up-to-date guide to the Green parties of Western Europe as the optimism of the 1980s confronts the ‘Green fatigue’ of the 1990s. The approach is both thematic and comparative. Green politics in Europe is located in its historical and cultural context. There is a comparative analysis of the principal ideological questions , policy issues and strategic dilemmas that have confronted the European Greens. There are national profiles of Green politics throughout the European Union. The conclusion addresses the critical issue of political change in post industrial societies. It discusses the contribution of Green parties to the ‘New Politics’ and assesses their likely impact on post-modern politics

Author : Mel Farrell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319635859

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Party Politics in a New Democracy by Mel Farrell Pdf

This book offers a timely, and fresh historical perspective on the politics of independent Ireland. Interwar Ireland’s politics have been caricatured as an anomaly, with the distinction between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael bewildering political commentators and scholars alike. It is common for Ireland’s politics to be presented as an anomaly that compare unfavourably to the neat left/right cleavages evident in Britain and much of Europe. By offering an historical re-appraisal of the Irish Free State’s politics, anchored in the wider context of inter-war Europe, Mel Farrell argues that the Irish party system is not unique in having two dominant parties capable of adapting to changing circumstances, and suggests that this has been a key strength of Irish democracy. Moreover, the book challenges the tired cliché of ‘Civil War Politics’ by demonstrating that events subsequent to Civil War led the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil cleavage dominant in the twentieth-century.

Author : Eugenio F. Biagini,Mary E. Daly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107095588

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The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland by Eugenio F. Biagini,Mary E. Daly Pdf

This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it draws on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently sets Irish developments in a wider European and global context.