The Irish Question and British Politics, 1868-1996

The Irish Question and British Politics, 1868-1996
Author: George Boyce
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1996-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1349249289

The problems of modern Ireland have attracted the attention of many British political leaders from Gladstone to Major. Attempts to formulate a 'solution' have been governed by the British perception of what the problem is, and by the structures, as well as the ideas of British party politics and British political life: Ireland was never a laboratory in which dispassionate political experiments could be conducted. Modern Ireland has been shaped by British policy, and this has itself been influenced by British political habits and traditions, social and economic reforms, and new governmental institutions have been applied by politicians both of the left and the right. The 'Framework Documents' represent the latest attempt to achieve what Gladstone, David Lloyd George and Neville Chamberlain sought, and failed to achieve: a lasting settlement of the political divisions within Ireland, and between Ireland the Great Britain. This book places the Irish question in the wider context of the history of the British Isles, and thus seeks to explain its special place in British history as the 'Oldest Question', and as a question for contemporary Britain. Fully revised and with a new chapter to bring the analysis up to 1996, this new edition of Professor Boyce's work will be widely acclaimed.

The Northern Ireland Question in British Politics

The Northern Ireland Question in British Politics
Author: S. McDougall
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349246069

Whilst there are any number of books on the subject of Northern Ireland, few provide much guidance on how it has been handled by Westminster and Whitehall, or indeed the extent to which British governments and Parliament has tried to avoid having to handle the issue. This book provides a much needed historical context in which to assess contemporary approaches to the Northern Ireland problem and, in essays covering the period from the establishment of the Northern Ireland state to the present day, points to many often overlooked continuities in British policy.

British Political History, 1867–2001

British Political History, 1867–2001
Author: Malcolm Pearce
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136453601

This third edition of British Political History, 1867–2001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years. Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm Pearce and Geoffrey Stewart also outline the growth of democracy and the growth in the power of the state against a background of party politics. New coverage includes: domestic affairs from 1992 to 2001 John Major's Government the creation of 'New' Labour and the 'Third Way' Blair's first ministry developments in Northern Ireland from 1995 through the Easter Peace Deal into 2001 the 2001 General Election results and implications. Students of British politics and history will find this the perfect resource for their studies.

The Irish Question and British Politics, 1868-1986

The Irish Question and British Politics, 1868-1986
Author: David George Boyce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1988
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

An attempt to explain the "Irish Question" and its significance for British policy making. The establishment of two new states of Ireland in 1921 obliged Britain to redefine her objectives in Ireland, but events in 1968 and after have meant that the "Irish Question" is still not resolved.

Access To History: Great Britain and the Irish Question 1798-1921 Third Edition

Access To History: Great Britain and the Irish Question 1798-1921 Third Edition
Author: Paul Adelman
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2005-07-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1444155369

The second edition of this popular title provides both a narrative and analysis of the relationship between Great Britain and Ireland, from its origins and the Act of Union in 1800 to the Anglo Irish settlement in 1922. Important events such as the Great Famine and the Easter Rising are explained, and key figures such as Parnell, Gladstone and O'Connell are assessed. This is an essential text for students studying this period to aid understanding of the complex but compelling issues that arose in Ireland and Britain during this period. Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam style questions and tips for each examination board provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.

The Irish Question

The Irish Question
Author: Lawrence J. McCaffrey
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813182700

From 1800 to 1922 the Irish Question was the most emotional and divisive issue in British politics. It pitted Westminster politicians, anti-Catholic British public opinion, and Irish Protestant and Presbyterian champions of the Union against the determination of Ireland's large Catholic majority to obtain civil rights, economic justice, and cultural and political independence. In this completely revised and updated edition of The Irish Question, Lawrence J. McCaffrey extends his classic analysis of Irish nationalism to the present day. He makes clear the tortured history of British-Irish relations and offers insight into the difficulties now facing those who hope to create a permanent peace in Northern Ireland.

Religion and Politics in the Nineteenth-Century

Religion and Politics in the Nineteenth-Century
Author: Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2002-06-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313076464

Cowell-Meyers examines the continued sectarian conflict on the island of Ireland from a comparative and historical framework. Analyzing the process through which sectarian conflict was managed on the continent, she identifies the unique evolution of the Irish situation. Whereas European Catholics, such as those in the new Germany, developed an institutional pillar to defend themselves and protect their interests in the modern plural state, Irish Catholics developed a radical nationalist movement in the same period at the end of the 19th century. As elements of the British political system pushed the Irish Catholic mobilization toward more separatist goals and means, they thwarted the process of accommodation seen in other European settings. The shape and dynamics of Catholic mobilization in the last three decades of the 19th century set Catholics and Protestants on a path toward the management of sectarian conflict in Germany and continental Europe and toward the perpetuation of conflict in Ireland. Much like conflict resolution literature, as well as liberal and pluralist theory mischaracterizes the role of exclusive voluntary associations in the amelioration of conflict, Cowell-Meyers asserts that voluntary organizations, if they are encouraged to do so as they were in continental Europe in the late 19th century, can provide the channels through which intense conflicts are managed. Although exclusive mobilizations reinforce social cleavages, careful handling may make them constructive political formations that allow for the channeling of differences. Of particular interest to scholars, students, and other researchers involved with peace and conflict resolution, religion and politics, and the history of modern Ireland and Germany.

Nineteenth-Century Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 5)

Nineteenth-Century Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 5)
Author: D. George Boyce
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2005-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0717160963

The elusive search for stability is the subject of Professor D. George Boyce's Nineteenth-Century Ireland, the fifth in the New Gill History of Ireland series. Nineteenth-century Ireland began and ended in armed revolt. The bloody insurrections of 1798 were the proximate reasons for the passing of the Act of Union two years later. The 'long nineteenth century' lasted until 1922, by which the institutions of modern Ireland were in place against a background of the Great War, the Ulster rebellion and the armed uprising of the nationalist Ireland. The hope was that, in an imperial structure, the ethnic, religious and national differences of the inhabitants of Ireland could be reconciled and eliminated. Nationalist Ireland mobilised a mass democratic movement under Daniel O'Connell to secure Catholic Emancipation before seeing its world transformed by the social cataclysm of the Great Irish Potato Famine. At the same time, the Protestant north-east of Ulster was feeling the first benefits of the Industrial Revolution. Although post-Famine Ireland modernised rapidly, only the north-east had a modern economy. The mixture of Protestantism and manufacturing industry integrated into the greater United Kingdom and gave a new twist to the traditional Irish Protestant hostility to Catholic political demands. In the home rule period from the 1880s to 1914, the prospect of partition moved from being almost unthinkable to being almost inevitable. Nineteenth-century Ireland collapsed in the various wars and rebellions of 1912–22. Like many other parts of Europe than and since, it had proved that an imperial superstructure can contain domestic ethnic rivalries, but cannot always eliminate them. Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Table of Contents Introduction - The Union: Prelude and Aftermath, 1798–1808 - The Catholic Question and Protestant Answers, 1808–29 - Testing the Union, 1830–45 - The Land and its Nemesis, 1845–9 - Political Diversity, Religious Division, 1850–69 - The Shaping of Irish Politics (1): The Making of Irish Nationalism, 1870–91 - The Shaping of Irish Politics (2): The Making of Irish Unionism, 1870–93 - From Conciliation to Confrontation, 1891–1914 - Modernising Ireland, 1834–1914 - The Union Broken, 1914–23 - Stability and Strife in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Church, State and Society, 1760–1850

Church, State and Society, 1760–1850
Author: William Gibson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 219
Release: 1994-01-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1349232041

`A very effective survey of an important theme on British political and social history...' - Andrew Chandler, Midland History. `This book effectively discharges its proclaimed purpose...a sound, successful and informative survey.' - Ian Christie, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. `The volume provides a balanced and useful overview of the latest scholarship on an important period in church history...' - Carla H. Hay, Albion `A useful and balanced survey of the condition of the Established Church at the accession of George III ... for anyone seeking a straightforward up-to-date survey, this is the book to begin with ... a very useful book...' - John Guy, The Journal of Welsh Religious History. In this wide-ranging book, William Gibson examines the principal themes in the developing relationship between the churches, the state and society between 1760 and 1850. Among other issues this book examines the involvement of the Church of England in Politics, the development of a clerical profession, the work of the bishops and clergy, the economic position of the church, the Church's reaction to the French and American Revolutions, the exercise of Church Patronage by premiers, the development of Church parties, the growth of Toleration, the reaction of the churches to industrialisation, the Halevy debate, the reform of the church after 1830, the development of Nonconformity and the state of religion and social groups in 1850.