Civil Society, Post-Colonialism and Transnational Solidarity
originates from Louvet’s observation of the strong commitment of a
layer of Irish civil society- from the man on the street to political
parties, associations and trade unions- to the defence of one
antagonist or the other in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, beginning with the Six Day War in 1967 and
increasingly so after the Lebanon Wars at the start of the 1980s and
the Second Intifada (2000-2005). This book observes how this
phenomenon is particularly striking in Northern Ireland, where Israeli
and Palestinian flags have been flown by Unionists and Nationalists as
signs of solidarity and identification. Louvet sheds light on the
dynamics and strategies at play in the Middle East conflict in
Northern Ireland but also in the Republic of Ireland, a country
considered to be widely sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. With an
overarching perspective highlighting the influence of Irish colonial
history over the motives and discourse of the different levels of
mobilization in civil society, this book shows the global movement
towards the fragmentation and specialization of transnational
solidarity actions in Ireland.
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ISBN
9781137551092
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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