Publication Cover
Identities
Global Studies in Culture and Power
Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 2
1,941
Views
8
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Whose ‘wee country’?: identity politics and sport in Northern Ireland

ORCID Icon &
Pages 203-221 | Received 19 Dec 2016, Accepted 11 Oct 2017, Published online: 02 Feb 2018

References

  • Allport, G. 1954. The Nature of Prejudice. Cambridge, MA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Bairner, A. 2001. Sport, Nationalism and Globalization: European and North American Perspectives. Albany: State University of New York Press.
  • Bairner, A. 2003. “Political Unionism and Sporting Nationalism: An Examination of the Relationship between Sport and National Identity within the Ulster Unionist Tradition.” Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 10: 517–535. doi:10.1080/714947401.
  • Bairner, A. 2010. “Representing the North: Reflections on the Life Stories of Northern Ireland’s Catholic Footballers.” In Sport, Representation and Evolving Identities, edited by P. Dine, and S. Crosson, 217–238. London: Peter Lang.
  • Bairner, A., and P. Shirlow. 1999. “The Territorial Politics of Soccer in Northern Ireland.” In Football Cultures and Identities, edited by G. Armstrong, and R. Giulianotti, 153–162. London: PalgraveMacmillan.
  • Bairner, A., and P. Shirlow. 2001. “Real and Imagined: Reflections on Football Rivalry in Northern Ireland.” In Fear and Loathing in World Football, edited by G. Armstrong, and R. Giulianotti, 11–37. Germany: Berg.
  • Bleakney, J., and P. Darby. 2017. “The Pride of East Belfast: Glentoran Football Club and the (Re)Production of Ulster Unionist Identities in Northern Ireland.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport. Online first, available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1012690217690346.
  • Braniff, M. 2016. Narrowing the Space Between? Cross Community Relations in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Duncairn Garden, Ark Seminar.
  • Brown, K., and R. MacGinty. 2003. “Public Attitudes toward Partisan and Neutral Symbols in Post-Agreement Northern Ireland.” Identities 10 (1): 83–108. doi:10.1080/10702890304337.
  • Byrne, J., C. Gormley-Heenan, and G. Robinson. 2012. Attitudes to Peace Walls: Research Report to Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Ulster University. http://www.cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/segregat/docs/byrne0612.pdf.
  • Cecil, R. 1993. “The Marching Season in Northern Ireland: An Expression of Politico-Religious Identity.” In Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe, edited by S. MacDonald, 146-166. Oxford: Berg.
  • Connolly, P., and P. Maginn. 1999. Sectariansim, Children and Community Relations in Northern Ireland. Coleraine: Ulster University.
  • Cooky, C. 2017. ““We Cannot Stand Idly By”: A Necessary Call for A Public Sociology of Sport.” Sociology of Sport Journal 34: 1–11. doi:10.1123/ssj.2016-0156.
  • Dingley, J. 2002. “Peace in Our Time? The Stresses and Strains on the Northern Ireland Peace Process.” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 25 (6): 357–382. doi:10.1080/10576100290101269.
  • Elias, N. [1987] 2007. Involvement and Detachment. Collected Works. Vol. 8. Dublin: UCD Press.
  • Elias, N. [1987] 2010. The Society of Individuals. Collected Works. Vol. 10. Dublin: UCD Press.
  • Elias, N. [1989] 2013. Studies on the Germans. Collected Works. Vol. 11. Dublin: UCD Press.
  • Elias, N., and J. Scotson. [1965] 2008. The Established and the Outsiders. Collected Works. Vol. 4. Dublin: UCD Press.
  • Gormley-Heenan, C., and A. Aughey. 2017. “Northern Ireland and Brexit: Three Effects on ‘The Border in the Mind’.” The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 19: 497–511. Online first. doi:10.1177/1369148117711060.
  • Gormley-Heenan, C., and J. Byrne. 2012. “The Problem with Northern Ireland’s Peace Walls.” Political Insight 3 (3): 4–7. doi:10.1111/j.2041-9066.2012.00115.x.
  • Hargie, O., I. Somerville, and D. Mitchell. 2015. Social Exclusion and Sport in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Executive and Ulster University. http://www.ulster.ac.uk/comm/files/2014/10/SESNIExecutiveSummary.pdf.
  • Hassan, D. 2002. “A People Apart: Soccer, Identity and Irish Nationalists in Northern Ireland.” Soccer & Society 3: 65–83. doi:10.1080/714004886.
  • Hassan, D., S. McCullough, and E. Moreland. 2009. “North or South? Darron Gibson and the Issue of Player Eligibility within Irish Soccer.” Soccer & Society 10 (6): 740–753. doi:10.1080/14660970903239933.
  • Hunter, J. 2003. “Flying the Flag: Identities, the Nation, and Sport.” Identities 10 (4): 409–425. doi:10.1080/714947397.
  • Liston, K., R. Gregg, and J. Lowther. 2013. “Elite Sports Policy and Coaching at the Coalface.” International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 5 (3): 341–362. doi:10.1080/19406940.2012.735689.
  • Liston, K., and E. Moreland. 2009. “Hockey and Habitus: Sport and National Identity in Northern Ireland.” New Hibernia Review 13 (4): 127–140. doi:10.1353/nhr.0.0115.
  • MacClancy, J. 1996. Sport, Identity and Ethnicity. Oxford: Berg.
  • Maguire, J., and E. Poulton. 1999. “European Identity Politics in Euro 1996: Invented Traditions and National Habitus Codes.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 34: 17–29. doi:10.1177/101269099034001002.
  • McGee, D., and A. Bairner. 2011. “Transcending the Borders of Irish Identity? Narratives of Northern Nationalist Footballers in Northern Ireland.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 46 (4): 436–455. doi:10.1177/1012690210380584.
  • Nic Craith, M. 2003. Culture and Identity Politics in Northern Ireland. London: PalgraveMacmillan.
  • Paulle, B., and B. Van Heerikhuizen. 2012. “Elias and Bourdieu.” Journal of Classical Sociology 12 (1): 69–93. doi:10.1177/1468795X11433708.
  • Poulton, E. 2004. “Mediated Patriot Games.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 39 (4): 437–455. doi:10.1177/1012690204049072.
  • Quilley, S., and S. Loyal, eds. 2004. The Sociology of Norbert Elias. Cambridge: University Press.
  • Schulenkorf, N. 2010. “Sport Events and Ethnic Reconciliation: Attempting to Create Social Change between Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim Sportspeople in War-Torn Sri Lanka.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 45 (3): 273–294. doi:10.1177/1012690210366789.
  • Sugden, J., and A. Bairner. 1993. Sport, Sectarianism and Society in a Divided Ireland. Leicester: University Press.
  • Tuck, J. 2003. “Making Sense of Emerald Commotion: Rugby Union, National Identity and Ireland.” Identities 10 (4): 495–515. doi:10.1080/714947402.
  • United Nations. 2005. International Year of Sport and Physical Education. UN. www.un.org/sport2005.
  • Wilson, R. 2005. Football for All: A Baseline Study. Belfast: Democratic Dialogue. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/sport/docs/wilson1205.pdf.
  • Wilson, R. 2007. Football for All: A Baseline Study. Revised ed. Belfast: Irish Football Association and Democratic Dialogue.
  • Young, J. 2016. “Northern Ireland’s Greatest Victory Would Be Winning the Battle against Sectarianism at Windsor Park,” June 16. https://goo.gl/CKw7HH.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.