| Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege Contributor(s): Fields, Rona M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0878558063 ISBN-13: 9780878558063 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1980 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 941.6 |
| LCCN: 80080316 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fields, Rona M.: - Rona M. Fields has been a faculty member and a research fellow at George Washington University, Howard University, and George Mason University, as well as additional universities abroad. She is a Past President of the District of Columbia Psychological Association and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Her books include Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology, and Politics of Self-Sacrifice, Against Violence Against Women: The Case for Gender as a Protected Class, and Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege. |