Breaking Up Britain
Four Nations After a Union

Presents a collection of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish writers who explore the change that the break-up demands in their own nation, and discusses its impact upon the whole.

'This brilliant book helps us understand what Scots, Welsh, Irish and English neighbours, freed from an unhappy Union, might look like.' Billy Bragg

May 2009 will be the tenth anniversary of the first elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly. This was the beginning of a decade of change - which now includes the restoration of powers to Stormont - that is showing every sign of being an irreversible process.

Breaking Up Britain is a unique collection of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish contributors, featuring key political activists from the nationalist parties, commentators and campaigners, academics and journalists. Each writer explores the change that the break-up demands in their own nation, but also discusses its impact upon the whole.

This dialogue of differences is essential reading for anyone interested in the shape of politics and culture after a Union.

Contributors: Arthur Aughey, Gregor Gall, John Harris, Michael Kenny, Peadar Kirby, Inez McCormack, Eoin O'Broin, John Osmond, Mike Parker, Lesley Riddoch, Richard Thomson, Vron Ware, Charlotte Williams, Kevin Williamson, Leanne Wood and Salma Yaqoob.

CONTENTS
Mark Perryman Introduction

BREAKING UP BRITAIN: Keynote essay
Mark Perryman A Jigsaw State

POST-DEVOLUTION NATIONAL IDENTITY
John Harris A patchwork nation
Kevin Williamson Culture and the homecoming of Scottishness
Charlotte Williams Melting pots and the British meltdown
Arthur Aughey Wild catastrophism to mild moderation in Northern Ireland

MODELS OF CIVIC NATIONALISM
Leanne Wood Greening the Welsh Dragon
Salma Yaqoob Muslim communities in search of a politics of common ground
Gerry Adams No more Me Fein but ourselves alone, together and equal
Richard Thomson The social relations of Scottish nationalism

FORMATIONS OF EXCLUSION
Vron Ware The ins and outs of Anglo-Saxonism
Inez McCormack Piecing together the Peace Process
Gregor Gall Unions without the Union
Mike Parker Independence? That's When Good Neighbours Become Good Friends

STATES OF INDEPENDENCE
Lesley Riddoch Tartanspotting and the Contradictions of Being Scots
Michael Kenny The Best Part of Breaking Up
Peadar Kirby Prospects for Ireland's Celtic Tiger
John Osmond Independence in an Interdependent Europe

 

ISBN	1905007965
ISBN13	9781905007967
Publisher	Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
Format	Paperback
Publication date	05/05/2009
Pages	256
Weight (grammes)	399.00
Published in	United Kingdom
Height (mm)
Width (mm)

CONTENTS Mark Perryman Introduction BREAKING UP BRITAIN: Keynote essay Mark Perryman A Jigsaw State POST-DEVOLUTION NATIONAL IDENTITY John Harris A patchwork nation Kevin Williamson Culture and the homecoming of Scottishness Charlotte Williams Melting pots and the British meltdown Arthur Aughey Wild catastrophism to mild moderation in Northern Ireland MODELS OF CIVIC NATIONALISM Leanne Wood Greening the Welsh Dragon Salma Yaqoob Muslim communities in search of a politics of common ground Gerry Adams No more Mé Féin but ourselves alone, together and equal Richard Thomson The social relations of Scottish nationalism FORMATIONS OF EXCLUSION Vron Ware The ins and outs of Anglo-Saxonism Inez McCormack Piecing together the Peace Process Gregor Gall Unions without the Union Mike Parker Independence? That\'s When Good Neighbours Become Good Friends STATES OF INDEPENDENCE Lesley Riddoch Tartanspotting and the Contradictions of Being Scots Michael Kenny The Best Part of Breaking Up Peadar Kirby Prospects for Ireland\'s Celtic Tiger John Osmond Independence in an Interdependent Europe

Mark Perryman is a writer and regular media commentator on Englishness and football, and a research fellow in sport and leisure culture at the University of Brighton. He is convenor of the LondonEnglandFans supporters\' group, co-founder of Philosophy Football and author of a number of books, including Ingerland: Travels with a Football Nation and (as editor) Imagined Nation: England after Britain.