Northern Ireland

Society Under Siege

By: Rona M. Fields

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Paperback | 31 October 1980 | Edition Number 1

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The troubles in Ireland are not new. They have taken a heavy toll in lives and, perhaps more importantly, in psychological health. From testing and interviews with the children, women, and men of Northern Ireland beginning in 1969, Fields has developed a case study of the long-term effects of stress on a population. She identifies certain social control mechanisms which produce a mixture of chaos and docility in the troubled North and argues that England has established these in order to destroy the identity of the people--a process of "psychological genocide." This volume applies social-psychological theory to a concrete and ongoing situation in a way that is illuminating for the general reader and for the specialist. Fields has done what might appear obvious: to find out the effects of stress on a population by going to that population and observing what their lives are like. The remarkable fact is that until now, no one has done so.

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-A wide-ranging and perceptive book .... A significant thrust and contribution of this book is Fields' discussion of psychological and social control procedures and practices .... (Fields') report is a challenge to humanity and an indictment of English patricianism, racism, and imperialism.-

--Alfred McClung Lee

-Dr. Rona Fields is a brave and deeply compassionate human being, a committed researcher who cannot be intimidated by gunmen, English soldiers, bigots, ferocious politicians, or the horrors of confronting human suffering in dreadful forms. This valiant woman deserves international praise and recognition for her unflinching study of a tragic society.- --Dennis Clark, National Catholic Reporter "A wide-ranging and perceptive book .... A significant thrust and contribution of this book is Fields' discussion of psychological and social control procedures and practices .... (Fields') report is a challenge to humanity and an indictment of English patricianism, racism, and imperialism."

--Alfred McClung Lee

"Dr. Rona Fields is a brave and deeply compassionate human being, a committed researcher who cannot be intimidated by gunmen, English soldiers, bigots, ferocious politicians, or the horrors of confronting human suffering in dreadful forms. This valiant woman deserves international praise and recognition for her unflinching study of a tragic society." --Dennis Clark, National Catholic Reporter "A wide-ranging and perceptive book .... A significant thrust and contribution of this book is Fields' discussion of psychological and social control procedures and practices .... (Fields') report is a challenge to humanity and an indictment of English patricianism, racism, and imperialism."

--Alfred McClung Lee

"Dr. Rona Fields is a brave and deeply compassionate human being, a committed researcher who cannot be intimidated by gunmen, English soldiers, bigots, ferocious politicians, or the horrors of confronting human suffering in dreadful forms. This valiant woman deserves international praise and recognition for her unflinching study of a tragic society." --Dennis Clark, National Catholic Reporter

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