Robbie Mcveigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3888987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robbie Mcveigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robbie |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcveigh |
| SIGNATURE | MCVEIGH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Research and Documentation, a Belfast-based information resource centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Anticolonial Irish History
McVeigh and Rolston's Ireland, Colonialism and the Unfinished Revolution puts colonialism at the heart of Ireland's social and economic history, but also as essential to understanding modern Irish politics. The subjugation of Catholics in Northern Ireland was a consequence of the failure to end British control over the island and a perpetuation of ethnic rule characteristic of other white dominions. The incomplete reckoning with colonialism has s…
Dirty Water
Nuremberg Trials, dir. Roman Karmen and Elizaveta Svilova (Tsentralnaya Studiya Dokumentalnikh Filmov, 1947). Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, dir. Stuart Schulberg (Schulberg Productions, 2010 [1948]). Judgment at Nuremberg, dir. Stanley Kramer (Roxlom Films, 1961). Nuremberg, dir. Yves Simoneau (Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2000). Atrocities against Jews (c. 1941), IMT Doc. 3052-PS (US Exhibit 280). Nazi Concentration Camps, dir. George St…
Living the peace process in reverse
In 1971 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling suggested that the situation in Northern Ireland amounted to 'an acceptable level of violence'. During 'the Troubles' this became the de facto security policy of successive British governments prepared to countenance a 'manageable' level of paramilitary activity. This reality supposedly changed irrevocably with the peace process and the 1997 Good Friday Agreement. Over the last fifteen years, howev…
Civilising the Irish
Taking Norbert Elias' work on the concept of civilisation as their cue, the authors explore the long history of the 'civilising process' in Ireland, showing how a dichotomy between the civilised and the barbarians is central to English colonialism there. Examining comparative examples such as the colonisation of North America and Australia, justifications of the violence of the colonisers are surveyed to show their reliance on the idea of civilis…
The balance of cruelty
As the article illustrates, accusations and assertions of genocide pervade both historical and contemporary readings of Irish history. Ireland thus provides an important case study of the relationship between colonialism and genocide. The paper addresses the genocidal claims made by “both sides” of the colonial nexus in Ireland: British and Irish, native and settler. It asks what wider lessons Irish history provides in terms of contemporary genoc…
The ‘Final Solution
The article identifies a resurgence of anti-Travellerism in post-Good Friday Agreement, post-Celtic Tiger Ireland – most obviously signalled by the ongoing Irish Government policy of ‘ethnicity denial’ . It provides a comparative analysis of the different trajectories of state reformism with regard to Travellers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - from the promised ‘final solution’ to the ‘Traveller problem’ of the Commission on Iti…
From Good Friday to Good Relations
This article addresses the nature of contemporary racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland in the context of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and its outworking. It responds to the increasing dominance of the 'good relations' model for understanding and addressing race and sectarian division in Northern Ireland. It debunks the gathering support for the notion that Northern Ireland is somehow 'post-sectarian' - finding instead a state formation …
The last conquest of Ireland? British academics in Irish universities
The politics of violence
The first principle of any analysis of the situation in contemporary Northern Ireland is that it is a colonial conflict. The British state arrived in Ireland in 1171 and has remained there ever since. It arrived as an openly colonizing power and several times since then has tried to colonize and subdue Ireland through genocide, slavery, forced migration, starvation, and war; in short, it has used almost every form of institutionalized violence av…
The specificity of Irish racism
From Good Friday to Good Relations
This article addresses the nature of contemporary racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland in the context of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and its outworking. It responds to the increasing dominance of the 'good relations' model for understanding and addressing race and sectarian division in Northern Ireland. It debunks the gathering support for the notion that Northern Ireland is somehow 'post-sectarian' - finding instead a state formation …
The specificity of Irish racism
Living the peace process in reverse
In 1971 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling suggested that the situation in Northern Ireland amounted to 'an acceptable level of violence'. During 'the Troubles' this became the de facto security policy of successive British governments prepared to countenance a 'manageable' level of paramilitary activity. This reality supposedly changed irrevocably with the peace process and the 1997 Good Friday Agreement. Over the last fifteen years, howev…
The ‘Final Solution
The article identifies a resurgence of anti-Travellerism in post-Good Friday Agreement, post-Celtic Tiger Ireland – most obviously signalled by the ongoing Irish Government policy of ‘ethnicity denial’ . It provides a comparative analysis of the different trajectories of state reformism with regard to Travellers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - from the promised ‘final solution’ to the ‘Traveller problem’ of the Commission on Iti…
Civilising the Irish
Taking Norbert Elias' work on the concept of civilisation as their cue, the authors explore the long history of the 'civilising process' in Ireland, showing how a dichotomy between the civilised and the barbarians is central to English colonialism there. Examining comparative examples such as the colonisation of North America and Australia, justifications of the violence of the colonisers are surveyed to show their reliance on the idea of civilis…
The last conquest of Ireland? British academics in Irish universities
The balance of cruelty
As the article illustrates, accusations and assertions of genocide pervade both historical and contemporary readings of Irish history. Ireland thus provides an important case study of the relationship between colonialism and genocide. The paper addresses the genocidal claims made by “both sides” of the colonial nexus in Ireland: British and Irish, native and settler. It asks what wider lessons Irish history provides in terms of contemporary genoc…
The specificity of Irish racism
The politics of violence
The first principle of any analysis of the situation in contemporary Northern Ireland is that it is a colonial conflict. The British state arrived in Ireland in 1171 and has remained there ever since. It arrived as an openly colonizing power and several times since then has tried to colonize and subdue Ireland through genocide, slavery, forced migration, starvation, and war; in short, it has used almost every form of institutionalized violence av…
The last conquest of Ireland? British academics in Irish universities
The ‘Final Solution
The article identifies a resurgence of anti-Travellerism in post-Good Friday Agreement, post-Celtic Tiger Ireland – most obviously signalled by the ongoing Irish Government policy of ‘ethnicity denial’ . It provides a comparative analysis of the different trajectories of state reformism with regard to Travellers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland - from the promised ‘final solution’ to the ‘Traveller problem’ of the Commission on Iti…
From Good Friday to Good Relations
This article addresses the nature of contemporary racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland in the context of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) and its outworking. It responds to the increasing dominance of the 'good relations' model for understanding and addressing race and sectarian division in Northern Ireland. It debunks the gathering support for the notion that Northern Ireland is somehow 'post-sectarian' - finding instead a state formation …
The balance of cruelty
As the article illustrates, accusations and assertions of genocide pervade both historical and contemporary readings of Irish history. Ireland thus provides an important case study of the relationship between colonialism and genocide. The paper addresses the genocidal claims made by “both sides” of the colonial nexus in Ireland: British and Irish, native and settler. It asks what wider lessons Irish history provides in terms of contemporary genoc…
Civilising the Irish
Taking Norbert Elias' work on the concept of civilisation as their cue, the authors explore the long history of the 'civilising process' in Ireland, showing how a dichotomy between the civilised and the barbarians is central to English colonialism there. Examining comparative examples such as the colonisation of North America and Australia, justifications of the violence of the colonisers are surveyed to show their reliance on the idea of civilis…
Living the peace process in reverse
In 1971 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling suggested that the situation in Northern Ireland amounted to 'an acceptable level of violence'. During 'the Troubles' this became the de facto security policy of successive British governments prepared to countenance a 'manageable' level of paramilitary activity. This reality supposedly changed irrevocably with the peace process and the 1997 Good Friday Agreement. Over the last fifteen years, howev…
Dirty Water
Nuremberg Trials, dir. Roman Karmen and Elizaveta Svilova (Tsentralnaya Studiya Dokumentalnikh Filmov, 1947). Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, dir. Stuart Schulberg (Schulberg Productions, 2010 [1948]). Judgment at Nuremberg, dir. Stanley Kramer (Roxlom Films, 1961). Nuremberg, dir. Yves Simoneau (Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2000). Atrocities against Jews (c. 1941), IMT Doc. 3052-PS (US Exhibit 280). Nazi Concentration Camps, dir. George St…
Anticolonial Irish History
McVeigh and Rolston's Ireland, Colonialism and the Unfinished Revolution puts colonialism at the heart of Ireland's social and economic history, but also as essential to understanding modern Irish politics. The subjugation of Catholics in Northern Ireland was a consequence of the failure to end British control over the island and a perpetuation of ethnic rule characteristic of other white dominions. The incomplete reckoning with colonialism has s…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Irish and British Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Irish (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Politics (5 works)