Culture and Politics in Northern Ireland

Seeks to correct some of the distortions propagated about Northern Ireland by the media's emphasis on violence and division within the province. The book examines various aspects of life in Northern Ireland, and especially the role of the arts in transcending sectarian barriers.

List of contents

Introduction - Northern Ireland, border country, Eamonn Hughes
Northern Ireland - a place apart?, George Boyce
"Why can't you get along with each other" - culture, structure and the Northern Ireland conflict, Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd
Cuchullian and an RPO-7 - the ideology and politics of the Ulster Defence Association, James W
McAuley
the Labour Party and Northern Ireland in the 1980s, Jonathan Moore
women in Northern Ireland - an overview, Monica McWilliams
economic change and the position of women in Northern Ireland, Hazel Morrisey
notes on the novel in Irish, Sean Hutton
Field Day's fifth province - avenue and impasse, Shaun Richards
intellectuals and political culture - Unionist-Nationalist comparison, Liam O'Dowd

Product details

• Authors: Eammon Hughes, Eamon Hughes, Hughes Eammon
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 250 g
• Series: Developing Teachers and Teachi
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)