Interpreting Northern Ireland Paperback

John Whyte

Relative to its size northern ireland is possibly the most heavily researched area on earth; hundreds of books and thousands of articles have been published since the current troubles began in the mid 1960s. John whyte had been studying northern ireland since the mid-1960s. In interpreting northern ireland he provides a badly-needed guide to the mass of literature and comment. In part i, he surveys the research on the nature and extent of the community divide, examining in turn the religious, economic, political, and psychological aspects of the issue. In part ii he discusses ideological interpretations of the northern ireland problem, from unionist and nationalist to marxist. In the final section of the book he surveys the various solutions that have been proposed and looks critically at what the mass of research has achieved. He suggests that if it has not achieved more it may be because it has sometimes asked the wrong questions.

9780198273806

English

Oxford University Press

28 Nov 1991

324

a sorely needed guide to that mass of literature and comment. This is a comprehensive and objective analysis, which will prove essential study for anyone who wishes to write intelligently about Northern Ireland and its difficulties * British Book News * Here, inside one set of covers, is the most intelligent, measured, intellectually sophisticated commentary on the vast subject of interpreting Northern Ireland that has yet appeared. No book could really fill the requirements for this prize more. * Professor Roy Foster, Chairman of the Judges, Ewart-Biggs Prize *