The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland

Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry

Bloomsbury Academic, Oct 6, 2016 - Political Science - 432 pages

Written during the Northern Ireland peace process and just before the Good Friday Agreement, The Politics of Antagonism sets out to answer questions such as why successive British Governments failed to reach a power-sharing settlement in Northern Ireland and what progress has been made with the Anglo-Irish Agreement. O'Leary and McGarry assess these topics in the light of past historical and social-science scholarship, in interviews of key politicians, and in an examination of political violence since 1969. The result is a book which points to feasible strategies for a democratic settlement in the Northern Ireland question and which allows today's scholars and students to analyse approaches to Northern Ireland from the perspective of the recent past.

About the author

Brendan O'Leary is Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

John McGarry is Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University, Canada, and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland; Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Bloomsbury Academic Collections: History and Politics in the 20th Century: International Relations; History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic; History and politics of the 20th century. International relations; Politics and History in the 20; Politics and History in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academi
• Authors: Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
• ISBN: 1474287778, 9781474287777
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General; Political Science / General