MODULE SPECIFICATION
Code: UPHPKT-30-3 Title: Politics and Violence in 20th Century Ireland Version: 5
Level: 3 UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: Social Sciences and Humanities Field: History
Faculty Committee approval: QSC, Chair’s Action Date: 16th July 2009
Approved for Delivery by:
(indicate name of affiliated institution if module will only be delivered by them)
Valid from: September 2009 Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: Awards up to BA(Hons)
Pre-requisites: None
Co-requisites: None
Entry requirements:
(if the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements)
Excluded combinations: None
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate:
1. knowledge of a complex and enduringly important question in `British Isles’ history (Component A and Component B elements 1 and 2)
2. an understanding of the emergence and growth of paramilitary groups and how they relate to constitutional parties (Component A and Component B element 2)
3. a critical awareness of different political traditions Component A and Component B element 1)
4. that they have considered some theoretical aspects of the debate, the role of historical myth and legend in legitimising modern violent behaviour, and the part played by religion (especially evangelical Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) in Irish society (Component B elements 1 and 2)
Syllabus outline:
Ireland as a British problem; Britain as an Irish problem; The emergence of the Ulster Volunteer Force and National Volunteers: the 1916 Easter Rising: Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army; Making Ireland ungovernable 1919-21; Pogroms in Ulster; Policing the conflict; Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish Treaty; Anti-Treaty forces and the outbreak of the Civil War 1922-23; the legacy of Civil War.
The Belfast Riots of 1935; the IRA border campaign 1956-62; civil rights in Northern Ireland in the 1960s; reactivation of the UVF; protecting their own communities; sending in the troops; Northern Ireland becomes international news; the emergence of the Provisional IRA; the UDA; internment; the UWC strike and the loyalist political vision; informers and their histories.
Teaching and learning methods:
Apart from three introductory lectures at the start of the academic year, the module will normally follow a workshop format of two hours duration. Two students will be asked to lead two workshops each, working together to provide a summary of key points for discussion, leading and chairing the discussion and summing up at the end. While this is not formally assessed, the module leader will expect students to take this aspect of the module very seriously. The module handbook contains details of the reading for each workshop and the reading will be provided either electronically or in hard copy in advance. All the students will be offered, and strongly encouraged to attend, one-to-one feedback sessions for coursework assignments.
Reading Strategy
UWE libraries at St Matthias and Coldharbour Lane have good holdings of books, journals and microfilm collections relating to twentieth century Irish history. JSTOR can provide most of the journals that UWE does not have. The module handbook has detailed advice on secondary reading for the module. In addition, students will be encouraged to familiarise themselves with the Conflict website at the University of Ulster (www.cain.ulst.ac.uk). This contains a huge amount of good-quality resources of all kinds directly relevant to the module. It is easy to navigate and the best available website on the modern conflict in Ireland.
Indicative Reading List:
The following list is offered to provide validation panels/accrediting bodies with an indication of the type and level of information students may be expected to consult. As such, its currency may wane during the life span of the module specification. However, as indicated above, CURRENT advice on readings will be available via other more frequently updated mechanisms.
Books
T. Bartlett and Jeffery, K (eds) Military History of Ireland , (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996)
Bowman, J De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-73 , (Oxford: Clarendon, 1982)
Bruce, S God Save Ulster! , (Oxford: Clarendon, 1986)
Bruce, S The Edge of the Union , (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994)
Campbell, F Land and Revolution: Nationalist Politics in the West of Ireland, 1891- 1921 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)
Coogan, TP Michael Collins , (London: Hutchinson, 1990)
Coogan, TP De Valera , (London: Hutchinson, 1993)
English, R Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2003)
English, R & Walker, G (eds) Unionism in Modern Ireland , (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996)
Fitzpatrick, D Politics and Irish Life , (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1977)
Fitzpatrick, D The Two Irelands 1912- 39 , (Oxford. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998)
Fitzpatrick, D Harry Boland’s Irish Revolution (Cork: Cork University Press, 2003)
Hart, P The I.R.A. and its Enemies , (Oxford: Clarendon, 1998)
Hopkinson, M Green Against Green , (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1988)
Jeffery, K The British Army and the Crisis of Empire 1918-22 , (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984)
Townshend, C Political Violence in Ireland, (Oxford: Clarendon, 1983)
Journals
Intelligence and National Security
Irish Historical Studies
Irish Political Studies
Past & Present
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B (standard modules only) A: 50% B: 50%
ATTEMPT 1
First Assessment Opportunity
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Comparative article analysis (2250 words) 25%
2. Document Analysis (2250 words) 25%
Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Comparative article analysis (2250 words) 25%
2. Document Analysis (2250 words) 25%
SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT: Attendance at taught classes is required.
Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………
(Associate Dean/Programme Director)