Contemporary Northern Irish society : an introduction / Colin Coulter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coulter, Colin, 1966-

Series:

Contemporary Irish studies.

Contemporary Irish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Social conflict.

Northern Ireland--Social conditions--1969-.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'A very substantial and scrupulous social overview and recounting of the different views, interpretations and solutions of the troubles.' Books IrelandThis is a critical overview of the various sources of social and political identity in Northern Ireland. The book examines the key variables of sociology - status, class and gender and, in this case, ethno-religion - and explains why ethno-religious sentiment has become the principle source of political identity. A range of themes are covered: the role and status of women; the representations of the conflict and peace process in the media; sport; and the importance of popular music.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The formation of Northern Irish

Some words about words

1 The Nature of Division: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Sectarianism

Some definitions

The dimensions of ethnic division in Northern Ireland

Ethnicity and nationalism

A sectarian conflict?

Conclusion

2 The Significance of Social Class

The distribution of life chances

The other apartheid

Class as a social identity

Class as a political identity

Why ethnonational rather than class politics?

3 The Status and Position of Women

The domestic sphere of labour

The regulation of fertility

The public sphere: work

The public sphere: education

The public sphere: politics

4 Official Representations of the Conflict in Northern Ireland: The British State and the Media

The media and the outbreak of the troubles

Public relations and dirty tricks

Advertising for peace

Regulating the media

Keeping their own house in order : self- censorship and the reference upwards system

Media battles: Real Lives and Death on the Rock

Explicit censorship: the 1988 broadcasting ban

5 Alternative Representations of the Conflict in Northern

Ireland: Republican and Loyalist Murals The history of wall murals in Northern Ireland

Irish republicanism

Republican murals

Ulster loyalism

Loyalist murals

Good times for a change?

References

Index

abortion 111 -13

academic performance

125-8

129

academic subject choice 128-9

Adams, Gerry 79-80

advertisements by British state

157-8

portraying benefits of peace 181-2

portraying causes of terrorism 167-71

portraying ethnoreligious divisions 171-8

portraying solution 178-81

portraying terrorist problem 64.

terrorism 165-6

Alliance Party 79

Anglo-Irish Agreement 205

armed struggle

in republican murals 217-19

republican shift away from 221-2

republican shift away from 224

arts, as subject choice 128

as site of ethnopolitical tension

30-3

34-8

association football

impact of political violence on 32-3

in international context 35-8

recruitment practices 31-2

At the Edge of the Union[documentary] 1

background papers 155

Bangor 76

BBC Northern Ireland 150-1

BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation]

relationship with state 184

relationship with state 185

relationship with state 191

relationship with state 195

self-censorship 185

self-censorship 186-7

self-censorship 188

self-censorship 189

women employed in 118

Beck, Ulrich 61

Belfast

middle class nationalists in 82

revival of 66-7

Belfast Celtic football club 30

Bloody Sunday 164

Boal, Fred 74

Bolton, Roger

189

192

briefings 155

British imperialism

despatch to Northern Ireland 153

in republican murals 214

in republican murals 216-22

loyalist paramilitary collusion with 230

public relations 154

public relations 156-7

termination as republican objective 223

British soldiers, and nationalist women 135

British state

164

approach to Northern Ireland 6-8

approach to Northern Ireland 152-3

approach to republicanism 168-9

approach to republicanism 200

Death on the Rock controversy 192-4

public relations 154-7

Real Lives controversy 190-1

regulation of media 182-3

regulation of media 194-7

relationship with Catholic schools 24

relationship with media 184

relationship with media 185.

relationship with media 190

unionist mistrust of 19-20

unionist mistrust of 48

violence omitted in advertisements 162-4

Britishness

16-20

24-5

47

236-7

Broadcasting Ban [1988] 7

business classes 65-6

Campbell, Gregory 190

capitalism

4-6

63-4

Catholic church

advice for abused women 110

interpretation of hunger strikes 53-4

link with nationalism 52-4

link with nationalism 58-9

membership of 14

Catholic schools

23-4

25

27

censorship of media

broadcasting ban 194-7

Official Secrets Act 182-3

self-censorship 184-90

self-censorship 193

church 109-10

church attendance

14-15

58-9

demographic trends 12-13

education of 23-4

education of 25

education of 27

experiences 123-5

history of wall murals by 203-4

identity 15-16

life chances 41-3

loyalist mural portrayals of 248-51

newspaper allegiance 28

Citizens [advertisement] 6

citizenship, in unionist discourse 56-7

civil rights demonstrations

151-2

civil service

41-2

117

civil society 144-8

Clar na mBan 147-8

Clarke, Liam 208

Cliftonville football club

31

34

colonialism

as source of conflict 54

as source of conflict 214

communication

between ethnoreligious groups 52

between ethnoreligious groups 56

between ethnoreligious groups 58

within ethnoreligious groups 79-80

community politics 145

companies, state assistance for 65-6

constitutional preferences 46-51

constitutional status 6-8

consumption patterns 66-7

contraception 111

controlled [state]schools

23

27-8

courts, Diplock courts 71

cricket 29-30

Cuchulainn 239

cultural divisions

language 26-8

media 28

names 26.

pluralism in official discourse 171-4

sport 29-38

Death on the Rock [documentary] 4

Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee 183

Democratic Unionist Party [DUP]

Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 91-2

Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 137-8

Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 235

Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 243

demographic trends 12-14

Derry City football club 32-3

Derry, civil rights march in 151-2

Devlin, Bernadette 136

devolution, unionist attitudes to 48

Dickson, Anne 137

Diplock courts 71

direct rule

6-8

impact on middle classes 17-18

impact on middle classes 49-50

impact on middle classes 65-7

impact on middle classes 81-2

impact on middle classes 86-7

impact on middle classes 91

impact on nationalists 49-50

impact on nationalists 81-4

impact on unionists 17-18

impact on unionists 19-20

impact on unionists 86-9

impact on unionists 91

impact on unionists 203

impact on working classes 68

impact on working classes 82-4

impact on working classes 87-9

nationalist attitudes to 49-50

public expenditure under 7-8

public expenditure under 17

public expenditure under 65

unionist attitudes to 47

disinformation 156-7

documentaries

188-9

190-4

domestic labour, gendered division of

102-6

119

domestic sphere, impact of political violence on

134

165-6

domestic violence 106-11

Donegal Celtic football club 34-5

Drumm, Maire 132-3

Easter Rising [1916] 214

economy

capitalism 4-6

capitalism 63-4

employment in flexible economy 5-6

employment in flexible economy 119

informal economy 121-2

education

class divisions in 73-4

ethnic divisions in 23-6

gender divisions in 125-9

impact of direct rule on 81

impact of direct rule on 86.

impact of direct rule on 87

language teaching 27-8

women employed in 117

elections

to Northern Ireland Assembly 141

to Northern Ireland Forum 137-9

to Northern Ireland Forum 140

employment

ethnic divisions in 41

ethnic divisions in 123-4

low pay 71

low pay 116

low pay 120-1

low pay 123-4

manufacturing and service sector 69-70

manufacturing and service sector 87

manufacturing and service sector 113-15

of middle classes 65

part-time 70

part-time 105

part-time 118-20

employment law 120

endogamy, ethnic divisions 40

entertainment, in Belfast 67

Ervine, David 245

ethnicity

and endogamy 40

and identity 15-22

and identity 95-9

and identity 209-13

and identity 235-7

definition of 10-11

education divisions 23-6

names 26

ethnicity and nationalism

and ethnoreligious identity 78-9

class divisions 84-6

class divisions 89-95

of loyalists 234-5

of nationalists 45-6

of unionists 45

reflected in 45-6

support for republicanism 85-6

support for republicanism 207

ethnonational conflict

as feature of Northern Ireland 3-4

in modern society 4

in modern society 56

ethnonational identity

discourse of 98-9

in murals 209-13

in murals 235-7

predominant over class 95-9

ethnopolitical division, and religion 52-9

ethnoreligious groups

communication between 52

communication between 56

communication between 58

communication within 79-80

ethnoreligious identity

and political alignment 78-9

and political violence 80

and social class 75

and women 's work experiences 123-5.

in state advertisements 171-8.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-273) and index.

ISBN:

9781849640121

1849640122

9780585426228

0585426228

OCLC:

923330394