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Northern Ireland and Beyond

Social and Geographical Issues

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Emilio Biagini

    1. Department of Economic and Social Research, University of Cagliari, Italy

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Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 33)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. A Physical Space Powerfully Shaped by Man

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 1-19

  3. Conquest, Plantation and Landlordism

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 21-59

  4. Famine and Aftermath

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 61-81

  5. A Long-Drawn Struggle

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 83-119

  6. An Imbalanced Society

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 121-134

  7. Regional Planning and Housing in an Embattled Space Economy

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 135-146

  8. A Divided City

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 147-166

  9. Beyond Northern Ireland: Different Interpretations

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 167-180

  10. Beyond Northern Ireland: The Practical Prospects

    • Emilio Biagini
    Pages 181-193

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 195-232
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About this book

Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster, thereby undermining the Protestant position. Britain gains no advantage by keeping Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, this solution is not going to be cheap, not merely because of opposition by Protestant loyalists, but also because of the economic weakness of both Irelands.
Unlike other books on the subject, this one goes to the heart of the matter: Britain would be serving her own interest by easing reunification of Ireland, albeit gradually and cautiously. In this perspective, the conclusion is that history is inexorably moving beyond Northern Ireland.
Audience: European Community administrators and planners,diplomats, politicians, students in Political Science, Economics, History and Geography.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economic and Social Research, University of Cagliari, Italy

    Emilio Biagini

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Northern Ireland and Beyond

  • Book Subtitle: Social and Geographical Issues

  • Authors: Emilio Biagini

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2456-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4046-1Published: 31 July 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4704-5Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2456-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 230

  • Topics: Human Geography, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Physical Geography, Economic Geography

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