Prof Colin Coulter

    Sociology

    Professor

    TSI Building
    2nd Fl
    2.25
    (01) 708 3595

    Biography

    My research interests fall into three principal areas:  

    1. The politics and society of contemporary Northern Ireland, with a particular focus on class divisions in the region. I am the author/co-author/editor of three books on NI as well as the co-editor of three special editions of international journals.

    2. The political economy of contemporary southern Ireland. I am the co-author of two edited collections taking a critical look at the Celtic Tiger and post-crash austerity periods respectively.

    3. The politics of popular music. I am the editor/co-editor of volumes devoted to London punk band The Clash and Manchester indie legends The Smiths.

    Book

    Year Publication
    2023 Colin Coulter and Peter Shirlow (2023) Northern Ireland 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Space & Polity 23 (1). Oxford: Taylor and Francis.
    2021 Colin Coulter, Niall Gilmartin, Katy Hayward & Peter Shirlow (2021) Northern Ireland a generation after Good Friday: lost futures and new horizons in the long peace. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
    2019 Colin Coulter (2019) Working for the clampdown: The Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism and the political promise of punk. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
    2019 Colin Coulter & Peter Shirlow (2019) From the ‘long war’ to the ‘long peace’: Northern Ireland twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, a special edition of Capital & Class 43 (1). London: Sage. [Full-Text]
    2015 Coulter C.; Nagle A. (2015) Ireland under austerity: Neoliberal crisis, neoliberal solutions.
    2014 Dr Colin Coulter & Professor Peter Shirlow (2014) Northern Ireland 20 Years After the Cease-Fires: A Special Edition of 'Studies in Conflict and Terrorism'.
    2010 Dr Colin Coulter and Dr Sean Campbell (2010) Why Pamper Life's Complexities? Essays on The Smiths. : Manchester University Press.
    2008 Coulter, C & Murray, M (2008) Northern Ireland after the Troubles? A Society in Transition. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
    2003 Colin Coulter & Steve Coleman (2003) The end of Irish history? Critical reflections on the Celtic Tiger. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
    1999 C. Coulter (1999) Contemporary Northern Irish Society: An Introduction. : Pluto Press.
    1997 Dr Colin Coulter (1997) Northern Irish Society. : National Distance Learning Centre.

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2021 Colin Coulter & Peter Shirlow (2021) 'Northern Ireland's Future(s)' In: Reimagining Irish Studies in the 21st Century. Oxford : Peter Lang.
    2019 Colin Coulter (2019) 'Up in heaven (not only here): The Clash, left melancholia and the politics of redemption' In: Working for the clampdown: The Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism, and the political promise of punk. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2019 Colin Coulter (2019) 'Working for the clampdown: An introduction' In: Working for the clampdown: The Clash, the dawn of neoliberalism, and the political promise of punk. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2018 Colin Coulter (2018) 'Straight to Hell: The Clash and the politics of Left Melancholia' In: Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives. London : Rowman & Littlefield.
    2017 Colin Coulter (2017) 'Ruefrex' In: In Concert: Favourite Gigs of Ireland's Music Community. Dublin : Hope Publications.
    2015 Coulter, C (2015) 'Ireland under austerity: an introduction to the book' In: IRELAND UNDER AUSTERITY: NEOLIBERAL CRISIS, NEOLIBERAL SOLUTIONS. MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS.
    2010 Colin Coulter (2010) 'A Double Bed and a Stalwart Lover for Sure: The Smiths, the Death of Pop and the Not so Hidden Injuries of Class' In: Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? Essays on The Smiths. : Manchester University Press.
    2010 Colin Coulter and Sean Campbell (2010) 'Why Pamper Life's Complexities? An Introduction' In: Why Pamper Life’s Complexities? Essays on The Smiths. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2008 C. Coulter & M.Murray (2008) 'Northern Ireland After the Troubles? An Introduction' In: Northern Ireland After the Troubles? A Society in Transition. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2007 Peter Shirlow & Colin Coulter (2007) 'Enduring problems: The Belfast agreement and a disagreed Belfast' In: The Long Road to Peace in Northern Ireland: Peace Lectures from the Institute of Irish Studies at Liverpool University, Second Edition. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press. [DOI]
    2007 C. Coulter and P. Shirlow (2007) 'The Peace Process in Northern Ireland' In: S.O’Sullivan(Eds.). Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map. Dublin : University College Dublin Press.
    2007 C. Coulter and P. Shirlow (2007) 'Enduring Problems: The Belfast Agreement and a Disagreed Belfast' In: M.Elliott(Eds.). The Long Road to Peace in Northern Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press.
    2003 C. Coulter and S. Coleman (2003) 'The End of Irish History? An introduction to the book' In: C. Coulter and S. Coleman(Eds.). The End of Irish History? Critical Approaches to the 'Celtic Tiger'. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2002 C. Coulter (2002) 'Northern Ireland' In: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
    2000 C. Coulter (2000) 'The Orange Order of Things' In: E.Slater & M.Peillon(Eds.). Memories of the Present: A Sociological Chronicle of Ireland 1997-98. Dublin : Institute of Public Administration.
    2000 C. Coulter (2000) 'A Miserable Failure of a State...': Unionist Intellectuals and the Irish Republic' In: R.Ryan(Eds.). Writing in the Republic: Literature, Culture and Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-99. London : MacMillan.
    1997 Dr Colin Coulter (1997) 'The Culture of Contentment: The Political Beliefs and Practice of the Unionist Middle Classes' In: P.Shirlow & M.McGovern(Eds.). Who are 'the People'? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland. London : Pluto.
    1996 Dr Colin Coulter (1996) 'Direct Rule and the Unionist Middle Classes' In: R.English and G.Walker(Eds.). Unionism in Modern Ireland. Dublin : Gill and Macmillan.

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2023 Coulter, Colin., Shirlow, Peter., and Flaherty, Eoin (2023) '‘Seismic’ or Stalemate? The bio(politics) of the 2021 Northern Ireland Census'. Space and Polity, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2023 Coulter, C.; Shirlow, P. (2023) 'Northern Ireland 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement: an introduction to the special issue'. Space and Polity, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2021 Colin Coulter (2021) 'Learning to live with ghosts: spectres of the Troubles in contemporary Northern irish cinema'. Irish Studies Review, 29 (3):287-310. [Full-Text]
    2020 Coulter, C (2020) '"What Is This, the Seventies?" Spectres of the Past (and the Future) in Recent Northern Irish Television'. Television and New Media, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Colin Coulter & John Reynolds (2020) 'Good times for a change? Ireland since the general election'. Soundings, (75). [Full-Text]
    2020 Colin Coulter & Francisco Arqueros-Fernández (2020) 'The distortions of the Irish 'recovery''. Critical Social Policy, 40 (1):89-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018319838912 [Full-Text]
    2019 Coulter C.; Arqueros-Fernández F.; Nagle A. (2019) 'Austerity’s Model Pupil: The Ideological Uses of Ireland during the Eurozone Crisis'. Critical Sociology, 45 (4-5):697-711. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Colin Coulter (2019) 'Northern Ireland’s elusive peace dividend: Neoliberalism, austerity and the politics of class'. Capital and Class, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Colin Coulter & Peter Shirlow (2019) 'From the ‘Long War’ to the ‘Long Peace’: Northern Ireland Twenty Years After the Good Friday Agreement'. Capital and Class, 43 (1):3-21. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 Harry Browne, Colin Coulter, Roddy Flynn, Vanessa Hetherington and Gavan Titley (2019) '‘Pitstop of Death’: Irish newspaper coverage of Iraq war protests at Shannon airport'. Irish Political Studies, 34 (1):92-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2018.1515073 [Full-Text]
    2016 Dr Colin Coulter, Harry Browne, Roddy Flynn, Vanessa Hetherington, Gavan Titley (2016) '‘These people protesting might not be so strident if their own jobs were on the line’: Representations of the ‘economic consequences’ of opposition to the Iraq war in the Irish national press'. Media, War and Conflict, 9 . [DOI]
    2015 Coulter, C (2015) ''British Rights for British Citizens': The Campaign for 'Equal Citizenship' for Northern Ireland'. Contemporary British History, 29 :486-507. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2015 Dr Colin Coulter (2015) 'Not quite as British as Finchley: the failed attempt to bring British Conservatism to Northern Ireland'. Irish Studies Review, 23 :1-22. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2014 Coulter, C (2014) 'Under Which Constitutional Arrangement Would You Still Prefer to be Unemployed? Neoliberalism, the Peace Process, and the Politics of Class in Northern Ireland'. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 37 :763-776. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2014 Dr Colin Coulter & Professor Peter Shirlow (2014) 'Northern Ireland 20 Years After the Cease-Fires'. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 37 :713-719. [Full-Text]
    2013 Coulter C. (2013) 'Peering in from the window ledge of the Union: The Anglo-Irish Agreement and the attempt to bring British Conservatism to Northern Ireland'. Irish Studies Review, 21 (4):406-424. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2003 Coulter, C. (2003) 'The New World Order of Things'. Capital and Class, 80 :5-14. [Full-Text]
    2001 Coulter, C. (2001) 'Unionists After Unionism'. Peace Review, 13 :75-80. [Full-Text]
    2001 Coulter, C. (2001) 'The Origins of the Northern Ireland Conservatives'. Irish Political Studies, 16 :29-48. [Full-Text]
    1999 Coulter, C. (1999) 'The Absence of Class Politics in Northern Ireland'. Capital and Class, 69 :77-100. [Full-Text]
    1995 Dr Colin Coulter (1995) 'Class, Ethnicity and Political Identity in Northern Ireland'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 4 :1-26. [Full-Text]
    1994 Dr Colin Coulter (1994) 'The Character of Unionism'. Irish Political Studies, 9 :1-24. [Full-Text]

    Other Journal

    Year Publication
    2011 Colin Coulter (2011) 'Guess who's having a good recession?' CrisisJam, .
    2011 Colin Coulter (2011) 'Good Fences, Good Neighbours' CrisisJam, .
    2011 Colin Coulter (2011) 'Welcome to the Desert of the Realists' CrisisJam, .
    2011 Colin Coulter (2011) 'Factory Farms for the Mind' Social Psychology, .
    2011 Colin Coulter (2011) 'Pay your taxes or shut your mouths' CrisisJam, .

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2019 Colin Coulter (2019) From the 'long war' to the 'long peace': Northern Ireland a generation after the Good Friday Agreement From the 'long war' to the 'long peace' Maynooth University, .
    2018 Colin Coulter et al (2018) The reBirth of Marx(ism): Haunting the Future The reBirth of Marx(ism): Haunting the Future Maynooth, .
    2016 Colin Coulter (2016) The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: What is it and why should you care? The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Maynooth University, .
    2014 Colin Coulter (2014) A riot of our own: A symposium on The Clash A riot of our own: A symposium on The Clash Belfast, .
    2014 Colin Coulter & Niall Gilmartin (2014) Northern Ireland 20 Years After the Ceasefires Northern Ireland 20 Years After the Ceasefires Maynooth, .
    2007 Colin Coulter (2007) The End of the Social: Globalism, Governance and Everyday Life The End of the Social Bilgi University, Istanbul, .
    2005 Colin Coulter, Fergus Campbell & Sean Campbell (2005) Why Pamper Life's Complexities? A Symposium on The Smiths Why Pamper Life's Complexities? A Symposium on The Smiths Manchester, .
    2004 Colin Coulter & Emre Isik (2004) Turkey: A Bridge or a Breach to the European Union Turkey: A Bridge or a Breach to the European Union Maynooth, .
    2004 Dr Colin Coulter and Dr Michael Murray (2004) Is Ireland a Democracy? Is Ireland a Democracy? Maynooth, 02/04/2004-03/04/2004.
    2003 Colin Coulter & Emre Isik (2003) The Celtic Tiger: Critical Perspectives The Celtic Tiger: Critical Perspectives Istanbul, .
    1999 Colin Coulter (1999) The Celtic Tiger The Celtic Tiger Maynooth, .
    1996 Colin Coulter & Peter Shirlow (1996) The Idea of the Union The Idea of the Union Belfast, .

    Published Report

    Year Publication
    2011 Colin Coulter et al (2011) May Day International: An International Collaboration for May Day 2011 Produced By CrisisJam, Greek Left Review, New Left Project and ZNet. CrisisJam et al, .
    2003 Colin Coulter & Kieran Allem (2003) The Irish Republic, the United States and the Iraq War: A Critical Appraisal. Irish Anti-War Movement, .

    Book Review

    Year Publication
    2023 Colin Coulter (2023) Book review: Belfast Punk and the Troubles: An Oral History by Fearghus Roulston. [Book Review] [DOI]
    2014 Coulter, C (2014) Northern Ireland's Lost Opportunity: The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism. ABINGDON: [Book Review] [DOI]
    2013 Dr Colin Coulter (2013) Review of 'The Frustrated Promise of Political Loyalism' by Tony Novosel and 'The End of Ulster Loyalism?' by Peter Shirlow. [Book Review] [Full-Text]
    2011 Dr Colin Coulter (2011) Welcome to the desert of the realists. [Book Review]
    2009 Dr Colin Coulter (2009) Review of ‘Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City’ By Brendan Murtagh and Peter Shirlow. [Book Review]
    2007 Dr Colin Coulter (2007) Review of ‘Nationalism and Multiculturalism: Irish Identity, Citizenship and the Peace Process’ by Andrew Finlay (ed). [Book Review]
    2006 Dr Colin Coulter (2006) Review of ‘Plural Identities, Singular Narratives: The Case of Northern Ireland’ by Mairéad Nic Craith and ‘The Troubles in Ballybogoin: Memory and Identity in Northern Ireland’ by William Kelleher Jr. [Book Review]
    2005 Dr Colin Coulter (2005) Review of ‘Shades of Orange and Green: Redefining the Union and the Nation in Contemporary Ireland’ by John Coakley (ed). [Book Review]
    2002 Dr Colin Coulter (2002) Review of ‘Popular Music and Youth Culture’ by Andy Bennett. [Book Review]
    1998 Dr Colin Coulter (1998) Review of 'Further Afield: Journeys From a Protestant Past' by Marilyn Hyndman. [Book Review]

    Editorial

    Year Publication
    2014 Shirlow, P; Coulter, C (2014) Northern Ireland: 20 Years After the Cease-Fires Introduction. PHILADELPHIA: [Editorial] [DOI]
    2014 Shirlow P.; Coulter C. (2014) Northern Ireland: 20 Years After the Cease-Fires. [Editorial] [DOI]
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