Module Details

Module Code: PLSC H8003
Full Title: Northern Ireland and the Peace Process
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 5
Module Owner:: Kevin Howard
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: The aims of this module are to equip students with the means to assess the factors which shaped Northern Ireland's ethno-denominational conflict, the peace process aimed at its resolution and the consequences of this for Irish-British identities and relations
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Explain the formation of distinct ethno-denominational communities in Ireland
MLO2 Assess the legacy of partition as a solution to ethnic conflict
MLO3 Identify the significance of the 1981 Hunger Strikes and the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement
MLO4 Assess the consociational infrastructure of the GF/BA as a mechanism of communal reconciliation
MLO5 Evaluate how Brexit's problematised the 1998 settlement
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Dimensions of Difference
The historical construction of overlaying and reinforcing communal identities
Partition
As the temporary solution to potential conflict, as the recognition of minority's right to self-determination, as the flouting of the democratic will of the majority?
The outbreak of conflict
The failure of democratic majoritarianism: internment, Bloody Sunday, Direct Rule and the Sunningdale experiment
Internalisation and pan-nationalism
British securitisation: Normalisation, Criminalisation, Ulsterisation, the Hunger Strikes, rise of Sinn Fein and the Anglo-Irish Agreement
The 1998 Good Friday/Belfast Agreement, the 2006 St Andrews Agreement
Bringing the extremes to, or hollowing out the, centre?
Consociationalism
The structural reproduction of binary identifications
Brexit and the GFA/BA
The UK's decision to leave the EU and the problematic reemergence of partition's 1920 boundary
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 25
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
A Seminar Paper delivered to the class setting out the self-chosen topic for the Reflective Journal, a rationale for why this was chosen, an outline of the proposed research methods to used as well as identified possible sources.
Assessment Type Reflective Journal % of Total Mark 75
Marks Out Of 100 Pass Mark 40
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
The Reflective Journal piece, of about 2500 words (not including, title page, contents, source list, appendices) which incorporates peer formative feedback and lecturer's assessment of the Seminar Paper presented earlier in the semester.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

Part-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 25
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
A Seminar Paper delivered to the class setting out the self-chosen topic for the Reflective Journal, a rationale for why this was chosen, an outline of the proposed research methods to used as well as identified possible sources.
Assessment Type Reflective Journal % of Total Mark 75
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
The Reflective Journal piece, of about 2500 words (not including, title page, contents, source list, appendices) which incorporates peer formative feedback and lecturer's assessment of the Seminar Paper presented earlier in the semester.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination
Reassessment Requirement
No repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will be offered solely on the basis of coursework and a repeat examination will not be offered.

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Tutorial Contact No Description Every Week 1.00 1
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 3.00
Workload: Part-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 3.00 3
Total Weekly Learner Workload 9.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 2.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Fenton, S. (2018), The Good Friday Agreement, Biteback Publishing, London, p.320, [ISBN: 178590373X].
  • Humphreys, R. (2018), Beyond the Border: The Good Friday Agreement and Irish Unity after Brexit, Merrion Press, Kildare, Ireland, p.250, [ISBN: 178537205X].
  • McKittrick, D and McVea, D. (2012), Making Sense of the Troubles, 2nd. Penguin, London, p.416, [ISBN: 9780241962657].
  • McKittrick, D, Thornton, C, Kelters, S and Feeney, B. (2004), Lost Lives, 2nd. Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, p.1696, [ISBN: 9781840185041].
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Coakley, J and O'Dowd, L. (2007), Crossing the Border: New Relationships between Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, p.352.
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
Other Resources