Breaching Derry's Walls

Jon Van Til is Professor of Urban Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. He has served as Fulbright Distinguished Scholar (2004) and Fulbright Senior Specialist (2006) at the University of Ulster, and is the author of ten books, including Mapping the Third Sector (1988) and Growing Civil Society (2000). Van Til served as Editor-in-Chief of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly from 1977 to 1989, was twice elected president of the Association for Research in Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), and received that association's Career Award for Distinguished Research and Service in 1994.

• Part 1 PrefacePart 2 One: Ireland's North WestChapter 3 Derry and the WorldChapter 4 The Northern Ireland ProblemChapter 5 Toward A Civil SocietyPart 6 Two: The Troubles and BeyondChapter 7 The Capital of Conflict: Derry/Londonderry and Its TroublesChapter 8 The Power of Derry's Civil SocietyChapter 9 Reaching the Next GenerationPart 10 Three: The Protestant dilemmaChapter 11 Unionists in TransitionChapter 12 The Policy Dilemma: can Protestant Communities Be StrengthenedChapter 13 High and Dry on the Waterside: Strategic Resegregation and the Search for Social ComfortPart 14 Four: Pathways to an Uncertain FutureChapter 15 Public Choices in the North West: Moving Beyond StalemateChapter 16 Planning for Derry's Future: Sight Lines, Economic Development, and the Role of the CenterChapter 17 Growing Civil Society in Derry and the North WestPart 18 BibliographyPart 19 Index