Politics of Identity - V : Being Irish
Author: O'Kelly, Ciarán
Source: Government and Opposition, Volume 39, Number 3, Summer 2004 , pp. 504-520(17)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Abstract:
This article is one of a series commissioned by Government and Opposition exploring identity politics in several national and international contexts. Though ostensibly a civic republic, Ireland has been shaped by a certain conception of Irish culture. Cultural claims are typically political but have the potential to allow community interests to override concern for individual well-being. The construction of the Irish state focused on the maintenance of an idea of being Irish rather than on the welfare of people throughout Ireland, both North and South. As a result, a conservative formulation of Irish identity was locked into the state's structures.Document Type: Research article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.2004.00132.x
Publication date: 2004-06-01
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