Dr. Maguire’s main areas of research are in European and international politics, social movements and protest movements. His current research is on the interaction between protest movements and state authorities in the ethnically divided societies of Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine. Publications include contributions to Theories and Methods in Political Science, Mediterranean Politics, The Politics of Social Movements, and Joyce in Rome. He has also written articles on protest movements, the language of political conflict, literature and politics, the Northern Ireland crisis and international relations.

• Comparative Politics
• International relations
• Ethnic conflict
• European politics
• Politics and literature
• Social movements

Refereed articles and book chapters

Maguire, D. (forthcoming) ‘The Marxist Approach’ in G. Stoker and D. Marsh (eds) Theory and Methods in Political Science, 3rd edition, Palgrave.

Maguire, D. (forthcoming) ‘Local Space and Protest Movements in Divided Societies’ in Adrian Guelke (ed) Challenges of Ethno-nationalism, Routledge.

Maguire, D. with Sharni Chan, Luke
 Deer, Anna Samson and Anwar Anaid 2007. ‘The Role of the Casual Tutor in design and delivery of courses: Experiences from teaching Geopolitics in 2006’ Synergy Issue 24 19-22.

Maguire, D. 2003. ‘‘Here’s a Wee Present for You’: The Role of Civic Culture in the Governance of Northern Ireland.’ Policy and Society 22 (2): 144-163.

Maguire, D. 1995. ‘Opposition movements and opposition parties’ in C. Jenkins and B. Klandermans (eds) The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements, University Of Minnesota Press, pp. 199-230.

Maguire, D. 1993. ‘Protesters, Counterprotesters, and the Authorities’ The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 528, No. 1, 101-113.

Maguire, D. 1993. ‘The Recent Birth of Modern Italy’ in James Kurth and James Petras, (eds) Mediterranean Paradoxes: The Politics and Social Structure of Southern Europe, Berg Press.

Maguire, D. 1992. ‘When the streets begin to empty: The demobilisation of the British peace movement after 1983’ West European Politics, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 75 – 94.

Maguire, D. 1984. "The Politics of Finnegans Wake." Joyce in Rome: The Genesis of Ulysses. Ed. Melchiori, Giorgio. Joyce Studies in Italy, 1. Rome: Bulzoni, 120-28.

Bosinelli, Rosa Maria; and Maguire, Diarmuid 1984. ‘The Linguistic Analysis of Political Propaganda’, in Susan George (ed.), From the Linguistic to the Social Context: Suggestions for Interpretation, Editrice CLUEB Bologna.

Bosinelli, Rosa Maria; and Maguire, Diarmuid. 1982. "La Calumnia è un Vermicelli: Rumor and Noise in Finnegans Wake, 3-74." Comparative Literature Studies, 19, ii (Summer): 175-94.

Unrefereed articles

Maguire, D. 2002 “Book review: Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics” West European Politics Volume 25:4.

Maguire, D. 1991. The Gulf War: It's Not Over Yet. Current Affairs Bulletin 67: 4-9 Apr.

Recent Conference Papers

2007 ‘Protest and Boundaries in Northern Ireland and Israel: Geopolitical Perspective’ Beyond the Nation Conference, International Studies and Philosophy Queens University Belfast, NI, September 10-14.

2007 ‘Globalisation, Geopolitics and Local Space: Sovereign Boundaries and
 Ethnic Movements in Northern Ireland and Israel’ ECPR Conference, Pisa, September 5.

2006 ‘"Protest and Boundaries in Northern Ireland and Israel: Local, National and Global". IPSA Japan RC14

2004 “Protest and Boundaries: Sovereignty, Space and Social Movements” Border Studies Glamorgan Wales

2002 'Nationalist Movements and the Peace Process: A Contradiction in Terms or Terminology?' Nationalism and Globalism, UTS.

2002 'Radical Democracy and the Movement against Corporate Globalisation', International Sociological Association, Brisbane.

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