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A puzzle concerning borders and identities: towards a typology of attitudes to the Irish border
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Date Issued
2006
Date Available
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Abstract
State borders are typically held to shape categories of national identification. This
paper explores this interrelationship in the light of empirical evidence drawn from
research in the Irish border area. It begins by outlining a schema, drawn from the
literature, which posits a movement from contestation of borders, to institutionalisation, to transgression. It then proceeds to show how this is reflected in scholarly and political interpretations of attitudes towards the Irish border. However, the paper argues that the typology which this schema suggests is not supported by the research, which has found little impact of state borders on categories of national identification. It concludes by arguing for a reinterpretation of the relationship between the character of states, borders and identity formation.
Sponsorship
Other funder
Other Sponsorship
Special EU Programmes Body through the Higher
Education Authority
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
58
MFPP Working Papers
8
Copyright (Published Version)
The author, 2006
Subject – LCSH
Ireland--Boundaries--Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland--Boundaries--Ireland
National characteristics
Nationalism--Northern Ireland
Nationalism--Ireland
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Paper presented at a workshop as part of the programme Mapping frontiers, plotting
pathways: routes to North-South cooperation in a divided island, University College
Dublin, Monday 17 February 2005
ISSN
1649-0304
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