Recognition, Equality and Democracy: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Politics

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Jurgen De Wispelaere, Cillian McBride, Shane O’Neill
Routledge, 18 oct 2013 - 228 páginas

This volume brings together a range of theoretical responses to issues in Irish politics. Its organising ideas: recognition, equality, and democracy set the terms of political debate within both jurisdictions. For some, there are significant tensions between the grammar of recognition, concerned with esteem, respect and the symbolic aspects of social life, and the logic of equality, which is primarily concerned with the distribution of material resources and formal opportunities, while for others, tensions are produced rather by certain interpretations of these ideas while alternative readings may, by contrast, serve as the basis for a systematic account of social and political inequality. The essays in this collection will explore these interconnections with reference to the politics of Northern Ireland and the Republic. The Republic has gone through a period in which its constitution was the focus for a liberal politics aimed at securing personal autonomy, while Northern Ireland’s political landscape has been shaped by the problem of securing political autonomy and democratic legitimacy. While the papers address key questions facing each particular polity, the issues themselves have resonances for politics on each side of the border.

 

Índice

Theorising Politics
1
Assessing Northern Irelands Peace Process as a Model of Conflict Resolution
17
Diaspora Nation as Racial State
39
4 Democratic Autonomy Womens Interests and Institutional Context
61
5 Comprehensive Liberalism and Civic Education in the Republic of Ireland
79
6 The Battles Over Childrens Rights in the Irish Constitution
101
Chronicle of a Missed Opportunity
123
Autonomy Equality Recognition
151
9 The Regulation of Public Space in Northern Ireland
171
10 Identity Unity and the Limits of Democracy
191
Index
215
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Jurgen De Wispelaere lectures in political philosophy at the Dept. of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin.

Cillian McBride is a lecturer in political theory, at the School of Politics, International Studies, & Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast.

Shane O’ Neill is Professor of Political Theory, at the School of Politics, International Studies, & Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast.

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