Identity in Northern Ireland

CATHAL McCALL is Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Ulster (Centre for Voluntary Action Studies). He has previously published an article Postmodern Europe and Communal Identities in Northern Ireland in the European Journal of Political Research.

• Introduction PART ONE: INTIMATIONS OF POSTMODERNITY A Postmodernist Approach to Communal Identities in Northern Ireland? Interpreting the Development of the Nation, Irish Nationalism and Ulster Unionism The Governance of Northern Ireland: From Modernity to Postmodernity? Intimations of Postmodernity in the Development of the European Union The European Union and the Resources of Communal Identities in Northern Ireland PART TWO: DIALOGUES Dialogue with the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Dialogue with Sinn Féin Dialogue with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Dialogue with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Dialogue with the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) Conclusion Bibliography Index

'This book shifts the focus away from the all too familiar 'internal conflict' understanding of Northern Ireland, highlighting the developing impact of the European Union on identities. The author is careful to emphasise that these are 'intimations' but notes their potential significance to alter Northern Irish politics. This is a refreshing and challenging work offering an alternative way of looking at an old problem.' - Dr James Mitchell, University of Strathclyde 'McCall's analysis is incisive and illuminating. The book will interest all those who attend to contemporary dynamics of change in Europe...' - Peter W.Preston, Reader in Political Sociology, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham 'This is one of the most intellectually stimulating of analyses on offer of late, as well as being balm for the anguished liberal.' - W. Harvey Cox,Parliamentary Affairs