A Changed Irish Nationalism? The Significance of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998

EUROPE'S OLD STATES AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER: THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION IN BRITAIN, FRANCE AND SPAIN, pp. 121-145, . Ruane, J. Todd, A. Mandeville, eds., Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2003

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Jennifer Todd

University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Politics and International Relations, Dublin

Joseph Ruane

University College Cork

Date Written: January 10, 2003

Abstract

The 1998 Agreement in Northern Ireland raises important questions about the nature of contemporary Irish nationalism, which have comparative import. Has its intensity abated to become a moderate and pragmatic post-sovereigntist nationalism akin to that of (say) Scotland or Catalonia,flexible on matters of ultimate sovereignty? Perhaps the change is deeper again – a shift beyond nationalism altogether to post-nationalism ? Or is the explanation altogether simpler, and less reassuring to those who wish to see an end to nationalism: there has been no fundamental change in Irish nationalism – in a changed situation, the Agreement is simply a new way of pursuing traditional nationalist goals. This chapter assesses the different interpretations by analysis of the text of the Agreement, party political discourse and public opinion.

Keywords: nationalism, post nationalism, post sovereigntism, Northern Ireland, Good Friday Agreement

Suggested Citation

Todd, Jennifer and Ruane, Joseph, A Changed Irish Nationalism? The Significance of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 (January 10, 2003). EUROPE'S OLD STATES AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER: THE POLITICS OF TRANSITION IN BRITAIN, FRANCE AND SPAIN, pp. 121-145, . Ruane, J. Todd, A. Mandeville, eds., Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2003, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2116949

Jennifer Todd (Contact Author)

University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Politics and International Relations, Dublin ( email )

Belfield
Dublin, 4
Ireland

Joseph Ruane

University College Cork ( email )

5 Bloomfield Terrace Western Road
Cork
Ireland

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