This book captures the complex and often contradictory realities of the region's peace process. Across nine original essays, the authors provide a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that seems to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull. -- .
This expanded edition delves into the complexities of ethnicity, exploring it as a fluid and evolving component of social interactions. The book offers insights into how ethnic identities are constructed, negotiated, and transformed within various cultural contexts, making it a vital resource for understanding contemporary social relations and the role of ethnicity in shaping human experiences.
Though forced displacement constituted a central and pervasive feature of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ effecting tens of thousands of citizens, remarkably it has been afforded little more than a footnote or fleeting reference in most accounts of the conflict.