A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume III
Consociation and Confederation
Brendan O'Leary
Volume III of a comprehensive treatise on Northern Ireland by Brendan O'Leary provides a comprehensive look at the Good Friday Agreement and its impact on Irish politics and society. Explaining the long-term structural and institutional changes and short-term political maneuvers, O'Leary dives into the making of this settlement and the many failed initiatives that preceded it under British direct rule. Additionally, this concluding volume provides a clear analysis of recent events, including the UK's exit negotiations with the European Union, and assesses possible futures for the country.
Publish Date
2019-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
2019-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4
ISBN
9780198830580
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2020-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement, and it would have made my best books of 2019 list (add-ons here) had I known about it earlier. It starts with “An audit of violence after 1966,” and then goes back to the seventeenth century to begin to dig out what happened. It has more detail than almost anyone needs to know, yet at the same time it remains unfailingly conceptual and relies on theoretical social science as well, rather than merely reciting names and dates. Unlike in so many history books, O’Leary is always trying to explain what happened, or what did not. – source