Overview

In this thought-provoking and engaging book, Malachi O'Doherty argues that division in Northern Ireland is fundamentally not about whether the country should be governed as part of Ireland or as part of Britain - as presumed by the Good Friday Agreement - but rather is entirely sectarian, an inter-ethnic stress comparable to racism. Part memoir, part history and part polemic, How to Fix Northern Ireland shows how the split between catholics and protestants infests everyday life - from education and segregated housing, from street protests, bonfires and parades to the high politics of power sharing and Brexit - and asks what can be done to solve a centuries-old social rift and heal the relationship at the heart of the problem.

Full Product Details

Author:   Malachi O'Doherty
Publisher:   Atlantic Books
Imprint:   Atlantic Books
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9781838958527

ISBN 10:   1838958525
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 April 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Where the Streets are Green and Orange 2: Sectarianism 3: The Hate 4: What's God Got to Do with It? 5: Who Isn't Sectarian? 6: Dividing Issues 7: Race 8: Stick with Your Own 9: The Catholic Paper and the Protestant Paper 10: Languages 11: Mixed Marriage 12: Integrated Education 13: Sport 14: Crossover 15: The Fix

Reviews

A haunting portrait of a vanished place and time... written with such grace, tenderness, anger and, most of all, sorrow... Gripping and brilliant... Every word is suffused with humanity. * Sunday Independent on The Year of Chaos * O'Doherty's analysis is convincing precisely because he lived through what he is analysing. * Sunday Times on The Year of Chaos *

A haunting portrait of a vanished place and time... written with such grace, tenderness, anger and, most of all, sorrow... Gripping and brilliant... Every word is suffused with humanity. * Sunday Independent on The Year of Chaos * O'Doherty's analysis is convincing precisely because he lived through what he is analysing. * Sunday Times on The Year of Chaos * It is deeply researched and often revelatory. It is not without humour either... The book is a variegated and sensitive exploration of how sectarianism plays out in education, geography, language, dating, marriage, sports and newspapers. O'Doherty expertly guides us through a world where people still have to watch what they say, whether out of fear or common decency.' * Literary Review *

Author Information

Malachi O'Doherty is a writer and broadcaster based in Belfast. He is a regular contributor to the Belfast Telegraph and to several BBC radio programmes. He covered the Troubles and the peace process as a journalist and has written for several Irish and British newspapers and magazines, including the Irish Times, the New Statesman, the Scotsman and the Guardian.

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