Becoming problematic: Breakdown of a hegemonic conception...

Explains the qualitative shift in the institutionalization of Ireland's inclusion within the British state, thereby illustrating how discontinuous aspects of state expansion and contraction can be analyzed. Ideological hegemony and morphology of states; Kinds of processes that distinguish the study of border change; The Defeat of Ireland's repeal in 1844; Defeat of Ireland's home rule in 1886; Conclusions.