Description
Book SynopsisThe first book to address the specific topic of the intersection the processes of conflict transformation devolution and with daily life in Northern Ireland in a rigorous and systematic fashion.
Trade Review"This comprehensive set of essays brings a new and much-needed angle to the social and political literature on Northern Ireland."
(Jennifer Thomas, Political Studies Review, May 2014
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Table of ContentsPart 1 Introduction and context
1 Introduction: The politics of everyday life
Cillian McGrattan and Elizabeth Meehan
2 The rocky road from enmity
Duncan Morrow
Part 2 Space, place and human relations in Northern Ireland
3 Routine divisions: segregation and daily life in Northern Ireland
Neil Jarman and John Bell
4 Promoting good relations: the role of schools in Northern Ireland
Joanne Hughes and Caitlin Donnelly
5 Everyday evangelicals: life in a religious subculture after the Agreement
Gladys Ganiel and Claire Mitchell
6 ‘Sometimes it would be nice to be a man’: negotiating gender identities after the Good
Friday Agreement.
Theresa O’Keefe
7 Women’s political participation
Bronagh Hinds
Part 3 Cross-border dimensions of everyday economic and social life
8 The impact of devolution on everyday life, 1999-2010: the case of cross-border commerce
Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis
9 A common floor of rights protection? The Belfast Agreement, ‘equivalence of rights’ and
the North-South dimension
Colm O’Cinneide
10 Realising the potential for cross border service provision: lessons from the health sector
Brian Ó Caoindealbhain and Patricia Clarke
Part 4 Conclusion; a comparative perspective on inclusion in everyday political life
11 A ‘new politics’ of participation?
Elizabeth Meehan and Fiona Mackay
