9780719072789; 9780719072789; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Biographical notes; Intergovernmental agreements on Northern Ireland, 1973-2002; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Nation-state and European Union; 3 Official discourse and political change in Ireland; 4 The origins of official Irish nationalism; 5 Building the Irish nation-state, 1922-72; 6 Identity, nation and community; 7 Borders, territory and space; 8 Governance, state and polity; 9 Conclusion; Afterword; References; Index
Summary
How has it been possible for Irish political leaders to actively promote two of the largest challenges to Irish nation-statehood: the concession of sovereignty to the European Union and the retraction of the constitutional claim over Northern Ireland? The author of this book argues that such discourses are integrally connected and, what is more, embody the enduring relevance of nationalism in modern Ireland. As the most comprehensive study to date of official discourse in twentieth-century Ireland, this book traces the ways in which nationalism can be simultaneously redefined and revitalised th
