Shaun Mcdaid
Biographic Data
| ID | 1494065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaun Mcdaid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaun |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdaid |
| SIGNATURE | MCDAID S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8015-6475 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Flattening the curve? The role of the state in mediating cumulative extremism dynamics in Northern Ireland, 1969–1975
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
The causal role of ideology and Cultural Systems in radicalisation and de-radicalisation
The concepts of radicalisation and de-radicalisation are primarily defined by the assumption they make that there is a causal relationship between ideas and action. However, the causal role of ideas in informing behaviour has been strongly contested and has thus far eluded and undermined radicalisation and de-radicalisation conceptually and practically. The following article provides a theoretical basis for identifying the causal relationship bet…
Radicalisation and Higher Education: Students' Understanding and Experiences
Since 2015 universities have been placed under a legal duty of “due regard to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.”1 This reflects the belief in UK counter-terrorism policy that radicalisation exists and can be countered. Advice to universities is largely silent on how this duty applies to teaching. Yet many degree programmes generate lectures and seminar discussions where views of an allegedly radicalised nature could be aired. This a…
Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education
This book draws on primary research to present a critical overview of debates about UK university campuses as a location for radicalisation and the impact of counter-radicalisation policies. It provides a historical overview and a contemporary assessment of radicalisation in Universities and covers teaching, student and governance aspects of HE
Social movements, structural violence, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland: The role of loyalist paramilitaries
This article analyses how social movements and collective actors can affect political and social transformation in a structurally violent society using the case study of Northern Ireland. We focus, in particular, on the crucial role played by collective actors within the loyalist community (those who wish to maintain Northern Ireland’s place in the UK), in bringing about social and political transformation in a society blighted by direct, cultura…
Truth Commissions after Economic Crises: Political Learning or Blame Game
This article addresses an important but understudied aspect of the recent Great Recession in Europe: the institutional strategies political elites deployed to learn from past policy failures and address accountability, more specifically, truth commissions. We raise two overlapping puzzles. The first concerns the timing of the decision to adopt an economic truth commission: while Iceland established a truth commission at an early stage of the cris…
Thomas Hennessey. The First Northern Ireland Peace Process: Power-Sharing, Sunningdale and the IRA Ceasefires, 1972–76
Thomas Hennessey’s new book is the latest addition to scholarly works exploring the early to mid-1970s, a highly significant period in Northern Ireland’s political history. A wealth of archival sources pertaining to these years is now available to researchers, and there is much within the documents to debate. Hennessey’s monograph adds to this discussion. He conducted extensive research in archives in London, Dublin, Galway, and Belfast, some of …
Bosnia on the Border? Republican Violence in Northern Ireland During the 1920s and 1970s
Unionist politicians have argued that Republican political violence on the Irish border, during both the partition of Ireland and more recent Northern Ireland conflict, constituted ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Protestant/Unionist community in those areas. These views have been bolstered by an increasingly ambivalent scholarly literature that has failed to adequately question the accuracy of these claims. This article interrogates the…
Template for peace: Northern Ireland 1972–75
This book analyses the British government's Northern Ireland policy between 1972 and 1975, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties in the creation of a power-sharing agreement, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the attempts at managing the Northern Ireland conflict during this period.Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book cha…
The BBC’s “Irish Troubles”
Pragmatists versus dogmatists: Explaining the failure of power-sharing in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
The Crisis in Ireland: Where Did It All Go Wrong
The books under review attempt to explain recent political events in Ireland against the backdrop of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger in 2008. Collectively, they offer insights into both the causes and the consequences of the economic crisis, identifying underlying weaknesses in Irish structures of governance which contributed to it. Four key problems are identified throughout the four volumes: a highly centralised state; an executive that domina…
Divided we stand: The strategy and psychology of Ireland's dissident terrorists
Despite a rocky fifteen-year peace process, seats in government for nationalists and republicans, and a reconstituted police force, Northern Ireland is still plagued by the spectral threat of spora
Template for peace: Northern Ireland, 1972–75
This book analyses the British government's Northern Ireland policy between 1972 and 1975, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties in the creation of a power-sharing agreement, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the attempts at managing the Northern Ireland conflict during this period. Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book ch…
The Irish Government and the Sunningdale Council of Ireland: A vehicle for unity
In December 1973, the British and Irish governments and the Northern Ireland Executive designate agreed to the formal establishment of a ‘Council of Ireland’ as part of the historic Sunningdale Agreement. This council was to have executive functions and co-ordinate the provision of certain services on both sides of the border; it would have ‘executive and harmonising functions and a consultative role, and a consultative assembly with advisory and…
The long march: The political strategy of Sinn Féin, 1981–2007. By Martyn Frampton. Pp xi, 272. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2008. €60
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From Mainstream to Minor and Back: The Irish Labour Party, 1987–1992
This article charts the Irish Labour Party’s (ILP) journey from a minor to mainstream political party between 1987 and 1992. This is arguably the most turbulent period in the party’s electoral history, when the ILP performed significantly below its average result, before making unprecedented electoral gains. It identifies the factors which led to this fall and rise during the discussed period and reflects on the ILP’s place in the Irish party sys…
From Mainstream to Minor and Back: The Irish Labour Party, 1987–1992
This article charts the Irish Labour Party’s (ILP) journey from a minor to mainstream political party between 1987 and 1992. This is arguably the most turbulent period in the party’s electoral history, when the ILP performed significantly below its average result, before making unprecedented electoral gains. It identifies the factors which led to this fall and rise during the discussed period and reflects on the ILP’s place in the Irish party sys…
Social movements, structural violence, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland: The role of loyalist paramilitaries
This article analyses how social movements and collective actors can affect political and social transformation in a structurally violent society using the case study of Northern Ireland. We focus, in particular, on the crucial role played by collective actors within the loyalist community (those who wish to maintain Northern Ireland’s place in the UK), in bringing about social and political transformation in a society blighted by direct, cultura…
Bosnia on the Border? Republican Violence in Northern Ireland During the 1920s and 1970s
Unionist politicians have argued that Republican political violence on the Irish border, during both the partition of Ireland and more recent Northern Ireland conflict, constituted ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Protestant/Unionist community in those areas. These views have been bolstered by an increasingly ambivalent scholarly literature that has failed to adequately question the accuracy of these claims. This article interrogates the…
Template for peace: Northern Ireland, 1972–75
This book analyses the British government's Northern Ireland policy between 1972 and 1975, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties in the creation of a power-sharing agreement, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the attempts at managing the Northern Ireland conflict during this period. Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book ch…
Truth Commissions after Economic Crises: Political Learning or Blame Game
This article addresses an important but understudied aspect of the recent Great Recession in Europe: the institutional strategies political elites deployed to learn from past policy failures and address accountability, more specifically, truth commissions. We raise two overlapping puzzles. The first concerns the timing of the decision to adopt an economic truth commission: while Iceland established a truth commission at an early stage of the cris…
Radicalisation and Higher Education: Students' Understanding and Experiences
Since 2015 universities have been placed under a legal duty of “due regard to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.”1 This reflects the belief in UK counter-terrorism policy that radicalisation exists and can be countered. Advice to universities is largely silent on how this duty applies to teaching. Yet many degree programmes generate lectures and seminar discussions where views of an allegedly radicalised nature could be aired. This a…
The Crisis in Ireland: Where Did It All Go Wrong
The books under review attempt to explain recent political events in Ireland against the backdrop of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger in 2008. Collectively, they offer insights into both the causes and the consequences of the economic crisis, identifying underlying weaknesses in Irish structures of governance which contributed to it. Four key problems are identified throughout the four volumes: a highly centralised state; an executive that domina…
Divided we stand: The strategy and psychology of Ireland's dissident terrorists
Despite a rocky fifteen-year peace process, seats in government for nationalists and republicans, and a reconstituted police force, Northern Ireland is still plagued by the spectral threat of spora
The long march: The political strategy of Sinn Féin, 1981–2007. By Martyn Frampton. Pp xi, 272. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2008. €60
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
From Mainstream to Minor and Back: The Irish Labour Party, 1987–1992
This article charts the Irish Labour Party’s (ILP) journey from a minor to mainstream political party between 1987 and 1992. This is arguably the most turbulent period in the party’s electoral history, when the ILP performed significantly below its average result, before making unprecedented electoral gains. It identifies the factors which led to this fall and rise during the discussed period and reflects on the ILP’s place in the Irish party sys…
The Irish Government and the Sunningdale Council of Ireland: A vehicle for unity
In December 1973, the British and Irish governments and the Northern Ireland Executive designate agreed to the formal establishment of a ‘Council of Ireland’ as part of the historic Sunningdale Agreement. This council was to have executive functions and co-ordinate the provision of certain services on both sides of the border; it would have ‘executive and harmonising functions and a consultative role, and a consultative assembly with advisory and…
Divided we stand: The strategy and psychology of Ireland's dissident terrorists
Despite a rocky fifteen-year peace process, seats in government for nationalists and republicans, and a reconstituted police force, Northern Ireland is still plagued by the spectral threat of spora
Template for peace: Northern Ireland, 1972–75
This book analyses the British government's Northern Ireland policy between 1972 and 1975, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties in the creation of a power-sharing agreement, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the attempts at managing the Northern Ireland conflict during this period. Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book ch…
Pragmatists versus dogmatists: Explaining the failure of power-sharing in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
The Crisis in Ireland: Where Did It All Go Wrong
The books under review attempt to explain recent political events in Ireland against the backdrop of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger in 2008. Collectively, they offer insights into both the causes and the consequences of the economic crisis, identifying underlying weaknesses in Irish structures of governance which contributed to it. Four key problems are identified throughout the four volumes: a highly centralised state; an executive that domina…
Template for peace: Northern Ireland 1972–75
This book analyses the British government's Northern Ireland policy between 1972 and 1975, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties in the creation of a power-sharing agreement, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the attempts at managing the Northern Ireland conflict during this period.Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book cha…
The BBC’s “Irish Troubles”
Thomas Hennessey. The First Northern Ireland Peace Process: Power-Sharing, Sunningdale and the IRA Ceasefires, 1972–76
Thomas Hennessey’s new book is the latest addition to scholarly works exploring the early to mid-1970s, a highly significant period in Northern Ireland’s political history. A wealth of archival sources pertaining to these years is now available to researchers, and there is much within the documents to debate. Hennessey’s monograph adds to this discussion. He conducted extensive research in archives in London, Dublin, Galway, and Belfast, some of …
Bosnia on the Border? Republican Violence in Northern Ireland During the 1920s and 1970s
Unionist politicians have argued that Republican political violence on the Irish border, during both the partition of Ireland and more recent Northern Ireland conflict, constituted ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Protestant/Unionist community in those areas. These views have been bolstered by an increasingly ambivalent scholarly literature that has failed to adequately question the accuracy of these claims. This article interrogates the…
Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education
This book draws on primary research to present a critical overview of debates about UK university campuses as a location for radicalisation and the impact of counter-radicalisation policies. It provides a historical overview and a contemporary assessment of radicalisation in Universities and covers teaching, student and governance aspects of HE
Social movements, structural violence, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland: The role of loyalist paramilitaries
This article analyses how social movements and collective actors can affect political and social transformation in a structurally violent society using the case study of Northern Ireland. We focus, in particular, on the crucial role played by collective actors within the loyalist community (those who wish to maintain Northern Ireland’s place in the UK), in bringing about social and political transformation in a society blighted by direct, cultura…
Truth Commissions after Economic Crises: Political Learning or Blame Game
This article addresses an important but understudied aspect of the recent Great Recession in Europe: the institutional strategies political elites deployed to learn from past policy failures and address accountability, more specifically, truth commissions. We raise two overlapping puzzles. The first concerns the timing of the decision to adopt an economic truth commission: while Iceland established a truth commission at an early stage of the cris…
The causal role of ideology and Cultural Systems in radicalisation and de-radicalisation
The concepts of radicalisation and de-radicalisation are primarily defined by the assumption they make that there is a causal relationship between ideas and action. However, the causal role of ideas in informing behaviour has been strongly contested and has thus far eluded and undermined radicalisation and de-radicalisation conceptually and practically. The following article provides a theoretical basis for identifying the causal relationship bet…
Radicalisation and Higher Education: Students' Understanding and Experiences
Since 2015 universities have been placed under a legal duty of “due regard to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.”1 This reflects the belief in UK counter-terrorism policy that radicalisation exists and can be countered. Advice to universities is largely silent on how this duty applies to teaching. Yet many degree programmes generate lectures and seminar discussions where views of an allegedly radicalised nature could be aired. This a…
Flattening the curve? The role of the state in mediating cumulative extremism dynamics in Northern Ireland, 1969–1975
Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Irish and British Studies (13 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Irish (9 works) · Political economy (8 works) · History (7 works) · Northern ireland (7 works)