Europe and Northern Ireland's Future: Negotiating Brexit's Unique Case (Comparative Political Economy)

Europe and Northern Ireland's Future: Negotiating Brexit's Unique Case (Comparative Political Economy)

by Mary Murphy (Author)

Synopsis

The implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland are profound, given its history and geographical position as a land border with the European Union. Four decades of sectarian violence have been replaced by a period of sustained peace, economic growth and development, yet the trenchant political divide remains. The ongoing fractious relations within the Northern Irish Assembly threaten to derail any hope the region might have on influencing the discussion and direction of the Brexit negotiations.

Mary C. Murphy offers a detailed and in-depth analysis of Northern Ireland's relationship with the EU, the role the EU has played in rebuilding the region after the Troubles, and the challenges and opportunities that Brexit might offer Northern Ireland in terms of its fragile politics and economy.

Northern Ireland has long occupied a greater political space than might seem warranted, given its size and relatively underdeveloped economy. This space may yet again become the most hotly contested and divisive topic in future Brexit negotiations, if it doesn't in fact prove to be the key to the successful UK withdrawal and future relations with our European neighbours.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Published: 30 Apr 2018

ISBN 10: 1788210301
ISBN 13: 9781788210300

Author Bio
Mary C. Murphy is Lecturer in Politics at University College Cork. She is a Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, President of the Irish Association for Contemporary European Studies and a Fulbright-Schuman awardee. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh and a Senior Fellow of the Centre for European Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. She is the author of Northern Ireland and the European Union (2014) and co-editor of The Europeanization of Party Politics in Ireland, North and South (2010).