Is Post‐nationalism or Liberal‐culturalism behind the Transformation of Irish Nationalism?

Frost, Catherine

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“…We might read a similar tendency into the proliferating use of the term ‘postnationalism’ to describe the relative displacement of nationhood by other identity formations. Ceteris paribus, and with due deference to the subtleties of the relevant literature (for example, Frost, 2006; Habermas, 2001) this terminology would only fully resonate on the assumption that the ‘national’ properly entails either a monopoly on identity or ultimate supremacy over competing forms of attachment.…”

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The jealous god: A problem in the definition of nationalism

Millard

2013

Ethnicities

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Scholarly definitions of nationalism often characterize the nation as the supreme object of loyalty (a ‘jealous god’). Such restrictive definitions are unwise because they needlessly exclude a wide range of pro-national beliefs and practices. Demonstrating this, however, is harder than often thought, because the close linkage between nation and jurisdiction seems to entail a prioritization of national attachment over other identities. More pluralist accounts of nationhood, such as those of Margaret Moore or Charles Taylor, only partially resolve this dilemma, which requires consideration of the ultimate sacrifices entailed by war and conscription. Yet these cases of ultimate sacrifice should be understood not as endemic to nationhood alone but to all forms of strong communal attachment, when faced with existential threat. As it is this threat, rather than nationhood per se, that drives nationalism to take absolute forms, restrictive definitions may justifiably be rejected.

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The jealous god: A problem in the definition of nationalism

Millard

2013

Ethnicities

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“…The current approach of Irish Catholic Nationalism across its two party political outlets has been to accept, if not endorse, the legitimacy of the ‘other’ community in its identity and political ambitions. The outlook of nationalist parties may remain ethnocentric and far from postnationalist, but it is one much more comfortable with bi‐culturalism than was the case pre‐Good Friday Agreement (Frost ; Ruane and Todd ). Clause 1 (vi) of that Agreement acknowledged that it is ‘the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold British or Irish citizenship is accepted by both governments’.…”

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Catholic, Irish and Nationalist: evaluating the importance of ethno‐national and ethno‐religious variables in determining nationalist political allegiance in Northern Ireland

Evans

Tonge

2013

Nations and Nationalism

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Irish national identity, political nationalism and Catholicism are the defining characteristics of the minority community in Northern Ireland. These identifiable ethno-national and ethno-religious characteristics have been the basis of communal solidarity that has transcended increasing socio-economic heterogeneity within that community. Both of the Nationalist political parties in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), draw their support almost exclusively from their community of origin. What is not known, however, is the relative importance of Irishness, Catholicism and Nationalism in shaping support for either party. Which of these ethnic identifiers is of greatest salience in identifying support for Sinn Féin or the SDLP? Drawing upon recent election survey evidence, this article attempts to rectify this information deficit, highlighting the weighting of components of ethnicity in determining intra-bloc political allegiances.

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“…Acceptance of a hybridity of identities, Irish or Northern Irish, tends to brake at full acceptance that Unionists are British. The SDLP has flirted with ideas of post-nationalism, particularly under the pro-EU ideas propagated by John Hume, but appears to have settled for bi-culturalism (Frost 2006) whilst simultaneously promoting reconciliation and reunification (see also McLaughlin 2011). There remains ambiguity in party discourse on Unionists over whether they constitute a tradition or part of a nation.…”

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The Party Politics of Post-Devolution Identity in Northern Ireland

McGlynn¹,

Tonge²,

McAuley³

2012

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Offers one of the first detailed considerations of how political parties in Northern Ireland have adapted to the impact of the dual legitimacy of Protestant-British-Unionist and Catholic-Irish-Nationalist identities central to the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement • Extends debates about devolution and party competition which have been centred on Great Britain to the United Kingdom. • Outlines how the continuing bi-communalism of the electorate discourages parties from reshaping identity or chasing votes beyond the ethnic divide • Analyses how nationalist parties, Sinn Féin in particular, have developed the rights of all citizens on the island of Ireland to be Irish, under the post-Good Friday Agreement Irish constitution • Assesses the data indicating a modest growth of a common Northern Irish identityIn this article we examine how party political competition in Northern Ireland impacts on understandings of national identity and citizenship both within the region and elsewhere in the UK. These dynamics can be seen in expressions of political identity and through organisational change and electoral strategies. The consociational framework in which Northern Irish parties operate is one of the most powerful dynamics and we assess how it has shaped intra-community party competition, most notably through the emergence of the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin as the strongest unionist and nationalist parties respectively. However, our analysis of campaigning and voting in the 2010 General Election and 2011 Assembly elections also shows that the transformation of party political competition in the UK after devolution is an important dynamic and one that has shaped unionist electoral strategies in particular.

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Is Post‐nationalism or Liberal‐culturalism behind the Transformation of Irish Nationalism?

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

The jealous god: A problem in the definition of nationalism

The jealous god: A problem in the definition of nationalism

Catholic, Irish and Nationalist: evaluating the importance of ethno‐national and ethno‐religious variables in determining nationalist political allegiance in Northern Ireland

The Party Politics of Post-Devolution Identity in Northern Ireland

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