A Troubled Sleep Risk and Resilience in Contemporary Northern Ireland

In contemporary Northern Ireland, more than two decades after the peace agreement that ended the thirty-year sectarian violence known as "the Troubles" the risk of a return to violent conflict is not only present but growing. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, comparative research, and over 110 hours of face-to-face interviews with a diverse range of political, academic, civil society, and community actors across Northern Ireland, A Troubled Sleep revisits one of the world's most deeply divided societies to analyze Northern Ireland's current vulnerabilities, and points of resilience, as an allegedly "post-conflict" society. By examining the Northern Ireland example, Waller presents deep insight into what happens when identity politics prevail over democracy, when a paralysis in governance leads to a political vacuum for extremist voices to exploit, when de facto social segregation becomes normalized, when acclimatization to violence becomes a generational legacy, and when questions of who we are become secondary to who we are not.

ISBN:	9780190095574
Publisher:	OUP USA
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Published date:	29 Sep 2021
DEWEY:	306.09416
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	304
Weight:	668g
Height:	166mm
Width:	241mm
Spine width:	35mm

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