Breaching Derry's Walls: The Quest for a Lasting Peace in Northern Ireland

by Jon Van Til

Overview

Breaching Derry's Walls is the first book to examine the island-based society of Ireland from the point of view of its Northwest quadrant. In particular, Derry, a city long known as a center for culture, plays a central role in Professor Jon Van Til's research. Dividing his sections historically pertaining to societies and conflicts, Professor Van Til draws upon his personal experience as a Fulbright scholar to provide a fresh and original way of conceptualizing Ireland and all its facets. Appealing to students and conflict specialists, this book implements a new vantage point for understanding the Northern Ireland region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761839088
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/24/2007
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.18(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Jon Van Til is Professor of Urban Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey. He has served as Fulbright Distinguished Scholar (2004) and Fulbright Senior Specialist (2006) at the University of Ulster, and is the author of ten books, including Mapping the Third Sector (1988) and Growing Civil Society (2000). Van Til served as Editor-in-Chief of the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly from 1977 to 1989, was twice elected president of the Association for Research in Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), and received that association's Career Award for Distinguished Research and Service in 1994.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 One: Ireland's North West
Chapter 3 Derry and the World
Chapter 4 The Northern Ireland Problem
Chapter 5 Toward A Civil Society
Part 6 Two: The Troubles and Beyond
Chapter 7 The Capital of Conflict: Derry/Londonderry and Its Troubles
Chapter 8 The Power of Derry's Civil Society
Chapter 9 Reaching the Next Generation
Part 10 Three: The Protestant dilemma
Chapter 11 Unionists in Transition
Chapter 12 The Policy Dilemma: can Protestant Communities Be Strengthened
Chapter 13 High and Dry on the Waterside: Strategic Resegregation and the Search for Social Comfort
Part 14 Four: Pathways to an Uncertain Future
Chapter 15 Public Choices in the North West: Moving Beyond Stalemate
Chapter 16 Planning for Derry's Future: Sight Lines, Economic Development, and the Role of the Center
Chapter 17 Growing Civil Society in Derry and the North West
Part 18 Bibliography
Part 19 Index