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Northern Ireland and Beyond
Emilio Biagini
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Description for Northern Ireland and Beyond
Paperback. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; RGB; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 629.
Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster, thereby undermining the Protestant position. Britain gains no advantage by keeping Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, this solution is not going to be cheap, not merely because of opposition by Protestant loyalists, but also because of the economic weakness of both Irelands.
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Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant settlers. At the time of partition, many areas already had a Catholic majority, and the Catholic population is increasing faster, thereby undermining the Protestant position. Britain gains no advantage by keeping Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, this solution is not going to be cheap, not merely because of opposition by Protestant loyalists, but also because of the economic weakness of both Irelands.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Series
Geojournal Library
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048147045
SKU
V9789048147045
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99-15
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