Unfinished business (eBook)

The politics of 'dissident' Irish republicanism

Marisa McGlinchey (Autor)

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2019
256 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-1622-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book traces the political development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism from the beginnings of the peace process. Based on extensive interviews with activists, it offers an insight into the ideology and motivation of a wide range of radical republican groups and analyses how serious a challenge they mount to the status quo in Ireland.

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This book discusses the development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism and considers its impact on politics throughout Ireland since the 1980s. Based on a series of interviews with over ninety radical republican activists from the wide range of groups and currents which make up 'dissident' republicanism, the book provides an up-to-date assessment of the political significance and potential of the groups who continue to oppose the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. It shows that the 'dissidents' are much more than traditionalist irreconcilables left behind by Gerry Adams' entry into the mainstream. Instead the book suggests that the dynamics and trajectory of 'dissident' republicanism are shaped more by contemporary forces than historical tradition and that by understanding the "dissidents" we can better understand the emerging forms of political challenge in an age of austerity and increasing political instability internationally.

Autor

Marisa McGlinchey is Research Fellow in Political Science at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University

Inhalt

Introduction
1 Who are the ‘dissidents’? Motivations and aspirations: the drawing of the fault lines
2 The varied strands of ‘dissident’ republicanism: ideology and disunity
3 Ceasefires and decommissioning
4 The Good Friday Agreement and the disruption of ‘normalisation’
5 Current armed republicanism
6 2007: policing, a step too far
7 Legitimacy and mandates
Conclusion
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 12 black & white illustrations
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Continuity IRA • ‘Dissident’ republicans • Good Friday Agreement • IRA ceasefires • IRA decommissioning • Irish republicanism • Maghaberry prison • Northern Ireland policing • Provisional Movement • Sinn Féin
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-1622-7 / 1526116227
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-1622-2 / 9781526116222