Anti-Sectarianism and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Peace Building Beyond Ethnicity
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-58771-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 139 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

This book addresses the limitations of dominant ways of thinking about and doing politics in Northern Ireland. Arguing for the foregrounding of anti-sectarianism as a way of displacing the divisive dynamics of religion and nationalism, it provides a new lens for studying Northern Ireland. Drawing upon a close reading of the political philosophy of Jacques Rancière, the book aligns anti-sectarianism to the ways that people refuse affiliation with the traditional ethnic values and practices. It describes this refusal as dis-identification, and reveals how dissensus acts as an alternative to the displacing of equality. Returning equality and equality claims-making to a clear position of visibility, the book provides a radical rethinking of Northern Ireland a quarter century beyond the 1998 peace accord. It will appeal to all those interested in politics and peacebuilding studies. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcgrattan, Cillian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Recognizing the Two Communities.- 3. Reconciling the Two Communities.- 4. Contesting the Two Communities.- 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Cillian McGrattan is Lecturer in Politics at Ulster University, UK. He is the author of (2010), and (2017). His book (with Ken Funston) is forthcoming.