A Troubled Sleep : Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland Hardback
by James (Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and G Waller
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In contemporary Northern Ireland, more than two decades after the peace agreement that ended the thirty-year sectarian violence known as "the Troubles" the risk of a return to violent conflict is not only present but growing.
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, comparative research, and over 110 hours of face-to-face interviews with a diverse range of political, academic, civil society, and community actors across Northern Ireland, A Troubled Sleep revisits one of the world's most deeply divided societies to analyze Northern Ireland's current vulnerabilities, and points of resilience, as an allegedly "post-conflict" society.
By examining the Northern Ireland example, Waller presents deep insight into what happens when identity politics prevail over democracy, when a paralysis in governance leads to a political vacuum for extremist voices to exploit, when de facto social segregation becomes normalized, when acclimatization to violence becomes a generational legacy, and when questions of who we are become secondary to who we are not.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:29/09/2021
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- ISBN:9780190095574
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:376 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:29/09/2021
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- ISBN:9780190095574