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Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege
Rona M. Fields
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Description for Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege
Paperback. Num Pages: 283 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy with minor shelf wear with inscription from previous owner on title page but remains good
The troubles in Ireland are not new. They have taken a heavy toll in lives and, perhaps more importantly, in psychological health. From testing and interviews with the children, women, and men of Northern Ireland beginning in 1969, Fields has developed a case study of the long-term effects of stress on a population. She identifies certain social control mechanisms which produce a mixture of chaos and docility in the troubled North and argues that England has established these in order to destroy the identity of the people--a process of "psychological genocide." This volume applies social-psychological theory to a concrete and ... Read more
The troubles in Ireland are not new. They have taken a heavy toll in lives and, perhaps more importantly, in psychological health. From testing and interviews with the children, women, and men of Northern Ireland beginning in 1969, Fields has developed a case study of the long-term effects of stress on a population. She identifies certain social control mechanisms which produce a mixture of chaos and docility in the troubled North and argues that England has established these in order to destroy the identity of the people--a process of "psychological genocide." This volume applies social-psychological theory to a concrete and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Somerset, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780878558063
SKU
KKE0000797
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99-1
About Rona M. Fields
Rona M. Fields, formerly associate professor of psychology at Clark University, is a psychologist and sociologist who has focused her research on social prejudice and violence in many different countries. While associate director of the National Center on the Study of Corporal Punishment and Its Alternatives, her 1973 report on the prevailing conditions in Northern Ireland was censored and withdrawn ... Read more
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