Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege

By Rona M. Fields

Book Overview

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 ongoing situation in a way that is illuminating for the general reader and for the specialist. Fields has done what might appear obvious: to find out the effects of stress on a population by going to that population and observing what their lives are like. The remarkable fact is that until now, no one has done so.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878558063
• ISBN13: 9780878558063
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"