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The Northern Ireland Question in British Politics

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Peter Catterall

    1. Institute of Contemporary British History, UK
      Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK

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  2. Sean McDougall

    1. Institute of Contemporary British History, UK

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Part of the book series: Contemporary History in Context (CHIC)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Northern Ireland in British Politics

    • Peter Catterall, Sean McDougall
    Pages 1-10

  3. Northern Ireland: The Origins of the State

    • D. George Boyce
    Pages 11-28

  4. The Projection of Northern Ireland to Great Britain and Abroad, 1921–39

    • Sean McDougall
    Pages 29-46

  5. The Impact of World War II on Northern Ireland and on Belfast-London Relations

    • Brian Barton
    Pages 47-70

  6. Labour in Britain and the Northern Ireland Labour Party, 1900–70

    • Terry Cradden
    Pages 71-87

  7. Labour, Northern Ireland and the Decision to Send in the Troops

    • Peter Rose
    Pages 88-101

  8. The Price of Containment: Deaths and Debate on Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, 1968–94

    • Brendan O’Duffy
    Pages 102-128

  9. Conservative Politics and the Abolition of Stormont

    • Philip Norton
    Pages 129-142

  10. From Whitewash to Mayhem: The State of the Secretary in Northern Ireland

    • David Bloomfield, Maeve Lankford
    Pages 143-161

  11. The Inter-relationship of the Press and Politicians during the 1981 Hunger Strike at the Maze Prison

    • Michael Tangen von Page
    Pages 162-173

  12. BBC Current Affairs Coverage of the 1981 Hunger Strike

    • Howard Smith
    Pages 174-181

  13. From Hillsborough to Downing Street — and After

    • W. Harvey Cox
    Pages 182-211

  14. The Northern Ireland Question and European Politics

    • James Goodman
    Pages 212-228

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 229-242
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Contemporary British History, UK

    Peter Catterall, Sean McDougall

  • Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK

    Peter Catterall

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