An Introduction to the Geopolitics of Conflict, Nationalism, and Reconciliation in Ireland

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-69266-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: Routledge Geopolitics Series

This book examines ethnoterritorial conflict and reconciliation in Ireland from the 1916 Rising to Brexit (2021), including the production and consequences of the island’s two distinct political units.

Highlighting key geographic themes of bordering, unity, division, and national narratives, it explores how geopolitical space has been employed over time to (re)define divided national allegiances throughout Ireland and within Irish–British relations. The analysis draws from in-depth interviews and archival research, and spans supranational, state, municipal, neighborhood, and individual scales. The book pays particular attention to uneven power structures, statecraft, perceived truths, lived experiences, reconciliation efforts, and renegotiations of national narratives in the production of symbolic landscapes, divided cities, and "shared" space. An Introduction to the Geopolitics of Conflict, Nationalism, and Reconciliation in Ireland provides readers with an analysis of geopolitical power relations and different spatial productions of conflict and peacebuilding in Ireland.

Offering deeper understanding of these historic and contemporary geopolitical intersections, this book makes a valuable contribution to the fields of Political Geography, Border Studies, Irish Studies, European Studies, International Relations, Cultural Geography, and Regional Studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dempsey, Kara E.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Foundations: Nationalist Struggles and Geopolitical Divisions. 2.Contested Territorialities: The 1916 Rising and the Irish War of Independence. 3.Partition and Division: The Anglo-Irish Treaty, Civil War, and Ireland Divided. 4."The Troubles" Across Various Scales. 5.The Walls Within: Segregation, Peacelines, and Flags. 6.Ethnonational Spatial Strategies and Transgressions: Political Parades and Murals. 7.Hope for the Future I: "Shared" space in north Belfast. 8.Hope for the Future II: Employment of the Garden of Remembrance in the Republic of Ireland. Conclusion.Renegotiating National Memory and Brexit: An Uncertain Future in Ireland

Über Autor(innen)

Kara E. Dempsey is Associate Professor of political geography at Appalachian State University, part of the University of North Carolina system, and former Director of Irish Studies at DePaul University. She studies the intersection of politics and geography at various scales, particularly the utilization of space in the negotiation and production of ethnonational conflicts, consolidation of state and regional power, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding processes.