Research Catalog

Title

Making sense of a united Ireland : should it happen? how might it happen / Brendan O'Leary.

Author

O'Leary, Brendan

Publication

• [Dublin, Ireland] : Sandycove, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Description

viii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (chiefly color); 24 x 16 cm

Subject

• Since 1922
• 2000-2099
• Irish unification question
• Politics and government
• Ireland > Politics and government > 21st century
• Northern Ireland > Politics and government > 21st century
• Ireland > History > 1922-
• Ireland
• Northern Ireland

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface -- part 1. Why we are here. Six into twenty-six won't go -- or will it? ; The comeback of reunification after 2016 -- part 2. Lessons from elsewhere. The failed reunification of Cyprus ; The successful reunification of Germany ; Lessons from our past ; Lessons from other referendums -- part 3. How reunification may happen. Referendum matters ; Three expressions that will still matter ; Preparation: planning, deliberation, and polling -- part 4. Models and process. A critical choice: offering a model, or a process to pick a model? ; Model 1: A continuing Northern Ireland ; Model 2: An integrated Ireland ; Questions for both models ; What won't happen: an independent Northern Ireland, confederation, and repartition ; An increasingly improbable model: shared sovereignty ; An Irish Federation? -- part 5. The government of a united Ireland. The central government: separating and sharing powers ; Local government ; Repurposing the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement ; Realistic cold fusing of voting rules -- part 6. The economics of reunification. Ireland is ready for economic reunification -- and will be readier ; The benefits and the costs of reunification -- part 7. Securing Ireland. Policing, intelligence, and paramilitarism in a united Ireland ; The defense and international relations of a united Ireland -- part 8. Accommodating diversity. Integration is not coercive assimilation ; Secularization, religion, and education ; Language policy ; Citizenship, identity, and symbols -- Conclusion: Closing the case.

Call Number

JFE 23-2659

ISBN

• 9781844886050
• 1844886050

LCCN

2023446993

OCLC

1338659951

Author

O'Leary, Brendan, author.

Title

Making sense of a united Ireland : should it happen? how might it happen / Brendan O'Leary.

Publisher

[Dublin, Ireland] : Sandycove, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1922

2000-2099

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781844886067

Research Call Number

JFE 23-2659