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Bryan, Dominic; Nagle, John; Connolly, S J; Connolly, Sean J.

 
9780719086366: Civic identity and public space: Belfast since 1780
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ISBN 10: 0719086361 ISBN 13: 9780719086366
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2019

Sinopsis

A study of the long term historical background to the disputes over parades and related issues that remain central to conflict in Northern Ireland, linked to a review of current policy on the management of public space in the city and a discussion of options for the future.

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Dominic Bryan is Professor in Anthropology at Queen’s University, Belfast

S.J. Connolly is Emeritus Professor of Irish History at Queen’s University, Belfast

John Nagle is Professor of Sociology at Queen's University, Belfast

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Disputes over parades, flags and similar issues have for several decades played a central part in the ongoing conflict of nationalist and unionist. Civic identity and public space, focussing on Belfast, and bringing together the work of a historian and two social scientists, offers a new perspective on these sometimes lethal conflicts. While both sides like to present their case in terms of non-negotiable, historically grounded rights, a survey of the way in which public space has been thought about and regulated over the past two centuries shows that little of what is claimed can be taken for granted. Far from being a timeless absolute, our modern idea of the public is the product of very specific changes during the nineteenth century in the character of urban living, and its regulation has been from the start a matter of contention and debate. During the twentieth century the establishment of a new Northern Ireland state, with Belfast as its capital, saw unionism and Protestantism achieve a near complete monopoly of public space. In more recent decades, this monopoly has broken down, partly as a result of political violence, but also through the influence of new ideas of human rights and of a more positive vision of political and cultural diversity. Today policy makers and politicians struggle to devise a strategy for the management of public space in a divided city, while endeavouring to promote a new sense of civic identity that will transcend long-standing sectarian and political divisions.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719086361
ISBN 13 
9780719086366
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Número de páginas
250
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