Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The formation of Northern Irish -- Some words about words -- 1 The Nature of Division: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Sectarianism -- Some definitions -- The dimensions of ethnic division in Northern Ireland -- Ethnicity and nationalism -- A sectarian conflict? -- Conclusion -- 2 The Significance of Social Class -- The distribution of life chances -- The other apartheid -- Class as a social identity -- Class as a political identity -- Why ethnonational rather than class politics? -- Conclusion -- 3 The Status and Position of Women -- The domestic sphere of labour -- The regulation of fertility -- The public sphere: work -- The public sphere: education -- The public sphere: politics -- Conclusion -- 4 Official Representations of the Conflict in Northern Ireland: The British State and the Media -- The media and the outbreak of the troubles -- Public relations and dirty tricks -- Advertising for peace -- Regulating the media -- Keeping their own house in order : self- censorship and the reference upwards system -- Media battles: Real Lives and Death on the Rock -- Explicit censorship: the 1988 broadcasting ban -- Conclusion -- 5 Alternative Representations of the Conflict in Northern -- Ireland: Republican and Loyalist Murals The history of wall murals in Northern Ireland -- Irish republicanism -- Republican murals -- Ulster loyalism -- Loyalist murals -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Good times for a change? -- References -- Index -- abortion 111 -13 -- academic performance -- 125-8 -- 129 -- academic subject choice 128-9 -- Adams, Gerry 79-80 -- advertisements by British state -- 157-8 -- portraying benefits of peace 181-2 -- portraying causes of terrorism 167-71 -- portraying ethnoreligious divisions 171-8 -- portraying solution 178-81 -- portraying terrorist problem 64.

terrorism 165-6 -- Alliance Party 79 -- Anglo-Irish Agreement 205 -- armed struggle -- in republican murals 217-19 -- republican shift away from 221-2 -- republican shift away from 224 -- arts, as subject choice 128 -- as site of ethnopolitical tension -- 30-3 -- 34-8 -- association football -- impact of political violence on 32-3 -- in international context 35-8 -- recruitment practices 31-2 -- At the Edge of the Union[documentary] 1 -- background papers 155 -- Bangor 76 -- BBC Northern Ireland 150-1 -- BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation] -- relationship with state 184 -- relationship with state 185 -- relationship with state 191 -- relationship with state 195 -- self-censorship 185 -- self-censorship 186-7 -- self-censorship 188 -- self-censorship 189 -- women employed in 118 -- Beck, Ulrich 61 -- Belfast -- middle class nationalists in 82 -- revival of 66-7 -- Belfast Celtic football club 30 -- Bloody Sunday 164 -- Boal, Fred 74 -- Bolton, Roger -- 189 -- 192 -- briefings 155 -- British imperialism -- despatch to Northern Ireland 153 -- in republican murals 214 -- in republican murals 216-22 -- loyalist paramilitary collusion with 230 -- public relations 154 -- public relations 154 -- public relations 156-7 -- public relations 156-7 -- termination as republican objective 223 -- British soldiers, and nationalist women 135 -- British state -- 164 -- approach to Northern Ireland 6-8 -- approach to Northern Ireland 152-3 -- approach to republicanism 168-9 -- approach to republicanism 200 -- Death on the Rock controversy 192-4 -- Death on the Rock controversy 192-4 -- public relations 154-7 -- Real Lives controversy 190-1 -- regulation of media 182-3 -- regulation of media 194-7 -- relationship with Catholic schools 24 -- relationship with media 184 -- relationship with media 185.

relationship with media 190 -- unionist mistrust of 19-20 -- unionist mistrust of 48 -- violence omitted in advertisements 162-4 -- Britishness -- 16-20 -- 24-5 -- 47 -- 236-7 -- Broadcasting Ban [1988] 7 -- business classes 65-6 -- Campbell, Gregory 190 -- capitalism -- 4-6 -- 63-4 -- Catholic church -- advice for abused women 110 -- interpretation of hunger strikes 53-4 -- link with nationalism 52-4 -- link with nationalism 58-9 -- membership of 14 -- Catholic schools -- 23-4 -- 25 -- 27 -- censorship of media -- broadcasting ban 194-7 -- Official Secrets Act 182-3 -- self-censorship 184-90 -- self-censorship 184-90 -- self-censorship 193 -- self-censorship 193 -- church 109-10 -- church attendance -- 14-15 -- 14-15 -- 58-9 -- 58-9 -- demographic trends 12-13 -- education of 23-4 -- education of 25 -- education of 27 -- experiences 123-5 -- history of wall murals by 203-4 -- identity 15-16 -- life chances 41-3 -- loyalist mural portrayals of 248-51 -- newspaper allegiance 28 -- Citizens [advertisement] 6 -- citizenship, in unionist discourse 56-7 -- civil rights demonstrations -- 151-2 -- 164 -- civil service -- 41-2 -- 117 -- civil society 144-8 -- Clar na mBan 147-8 -- Clarke, Liam 208 -- Cliftonville football club -- 31 -- 34 -- colonialism -- as source of conflict 54 -- as source of conflict 214 -- communication -- between ethnoreligious groups 52 -- between ethnoreligious groups 56 -- between ethnoreligious groups 58 -- within ethnoreligious groups 79-80 -- community politics 145 -- companies, state assistance for 65-6 -- constitutional preferences 46-51 -- constitutional status 6-8 -- consumption patterns 66-7 -- contraception 111 -- controlled [state]schools -- 23 -- 24-5 -- 27-8 -- courts, Diplock courts 71 -- cricket 29-30 -- Cuchulainn 239 -- cultural divisions -- language 26-8 -- media 28 -- names 26.

pluralism in official discourse 171-4 -- sport 29-38 -- Death on the Rock [documentary] 4 -- Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee 183 -- Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] -- Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 91-2 -- Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 137-8 -- Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 235 -- Democratic Unionist Party [DUP] 243 -- demographic trends 12-14 -- Derry City football club 32-3 -- Derry, civil rights march in 151-2 -- Devlin, Bernadette 136 -- devolution, unionist attitudes to 48 -- Dickson, Anne 137 -- Diplock courts 71 -- direct rule -- 6-8 -- impact on middle classes 17-18 -- impact on middle classes 49-50 -- impact on middle classes 65-7 -- impact on middle classes 81-2 -- impact on middle classes 86-7 -- impact on middle classes 91 -- impact on nationalists 49-50 -- impact on nationalists 81-4 -- impact on unionists 17-18 -- impact on unionists 19-20 -- impact on unionists 86-9 -- impact on unionists 91 -- impact on unionists 203 -- impact on working classes 68 -- impact on working classes 82-4 -- impact on working classes 87-9 -- nationalist attitudes to 49-50 -- public expenditure under 7-8 -- public expenditure under 17 -- public expenditure under 65 -- unionist attitudes to 47 -- disinformation 156-7 -- documentaries -- 188-9 -- 190-4 -- domestic labour, gendered division of -- 102-6 -- 119 -- domestic sphere, impact of political violence on -- 134 -- 165-6 -- domestic violence 106-11 -- Donegal Celtic football club 34-5 -- Drumm, Maire 132-3 -- Easter Rising [1916] 214 -- economy -- capitalism 4-6 -- capitalism 63-4 -- employment in flexible economy 5-6 -- employment in flexible economy 119 -- informal economy 121-2 -- education -- class divisions in 73-4 -- ethnic divisions in 23-6 -- gender divisions in 125-9 -- impact of direct rule on 81 -- impact of direct rule on 86.

impact of direct rule on 87 -- language teaching 27-8 -- women employed in 117 -- elections -- to Northern Ireland Assembly 141 -- to Northern Ireland Forum 137-9 -- to Northern Ireland Forum 137-9 -- to Northern Ireland Forum 140 -- to Northern Ireland Forum 140 -- employment -- ethnic divisions in 41 -- ethnic divisions in 123-4 -- low pay 71 -- low pay 116 -- low pay 120-1 -- low pay 123-4 -- manufacturing and service sector 69-70 -- manufacturing and service sector 87 -- manufacturing and service sector 113-15 -- of middle classes 65 -- part-time 70 -- part-time 105 -- part-time 118-20 -- employment law 120 -- endogamy, ethnic divisions 40 -- entertainment, in Belfast 67 -- Ervine, David 245 -- ethnicity -- and endogamy 40 -- and identity 15-22 -- and identity 95-9 -- and identity 209-13 -- and identity 235-7 -- definition of 10-11 -- education divisions 23-6 -- language 26-8 -- media 28 -- names 26 -- sport 29-38 -- ethnicity and nationalism -- and ethnoreligious identity 78-9 -- class divisions 84-6 -- class divisions 89-95 -- of loyalists 234-5 -- of nationalists 45-6 -- of unionists 45 -- reflected in 45-6 -- support for republicanism 85-6 -- support for republicanism 207 -- ethnonational conflict -- as feature of Northern Ireland 3-4 -- in modern society 4 -- in modern society 4 -- in modern society 56 -- in modern society 56 -- ethnonational identity -- discourse of 98-9 -- in murals 209-13 -- in murals 235-7 -- predominant over class 95-9 -- ethnopolitical division, and religion 52-9 -- ethnoreligious groups -- communication between 52 -- communication between 56 -- communication between 58 -- communication within 79-80 -- ethnoreligious identity -- and political alignment 78-9 -- and political violence 80 -- and social class 75 -- and women 's work experiences 123-5.

in state advertisements 171-8.