Border Ireland

<p>When the 1998 Good Friday Agreement brought an end to decades of conflict which was mainly focused on the existence of the Irish border most breathed a sigh of relief. Then came Brexit. <i>Border Ireland: From Partition to Brexit</i> introduces readers to the Irish border. It considers the process of bordering after the partition of Ireland to the Good Friday Agreement and attendant debordering to the post-Brexit landscape. The UK's departure from the EU meant rebordering in some form. That departure also reinvigorated the push for a ‘united Ireland’ and borderlessness on the Island.</p><p>As well as providing a nuanced assessment that will be of interest to followers of UK/Irish relations and European studies this book’s analysis of processes of bordering/debordering/rebordering helps inform our understanding of borders more generally. Students and scholars of European studies border studies politics and international relations as well as anyone else with a general interest in the Irish border will find this book an insightful and historically-grounded aid to contemporary events.</p>