Identity, Ideology and Conflict: The Structuration of Politics in Northern Ireland - Hardcover

Cash, John Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521550521 ISBN 13: 9780521550529

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Ideologies and identities are central to the organisation of political life and political conflict, yet most empirical studies tend to obscure their significance. This failure to take the politics of identity seriously arises from an absence of adequate theory and method. This 1996 study draws on both social theory and psychological (especially psychoanalytic) theory in an attempt to overcome these lacunae. First, it develops a novel theory and method for the analysis of ideology and identity. Second, it develops a detailed analysis of the politics of identity in Northern Ireland through focusing upon Unionist ideology and Unionist identities in crisis. The political conflict within Unionism is analysed through a consideration of the variety of unconscious rules drawn upon by political actors and citizens in the making of Northern Ireland's history of the late 1980s.

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"Cash makes an important contribution to the study of politics in Northern Ireland....provocative and interesting..." Choice

Book Description

Ideologies and identities are central to the organisation of political life and political conflict, yet most empirical studies tend to obscure their significance. This 1996 study draws on both social theory and psychological (especially pyschoanalytical) theory to understand the Northern Ireland conflict.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521550521
• ISBN 13: 9780521550529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242