Peace At Last?

The Impact of the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57181-658-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 379 g

Reihe: Ethnopolitics

Spanning more than thirty years, and costing over 3000 lives, the conflict in Northern Ireland has been one of the most protracted ethnic conflicts in Western Europe. After several failed attempts to resolve the fundamental differences over national belonging between the two communities in Northern Ireland, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 seemed to offer the long awaited chance of sustainable peace and reconciliation.

By looking at the various dimensions and dynamics of post conflict peace-building in the political system, the economy, and society of this deeply divided society, the contributors to this volume offer a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish politics and society in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement and conclude that this is probably the best chance for a stable and long-term peace that Northern Ireland has had but that the difficulties that still lie ahead must not be underestimated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neuheiser, Jörg

Wolff, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction: From Sunningdale to Belfast, 1973-98

Stefan Wolff

Chapter 2. The Morning After: An Alliance Perspective on the Agreement

Stephen Farry

Chapter 3. The Good Friday Agreement: An SDLP Analysis of the Northern Ireland Conflict

Gerard Murray

Chapter 4. Sinn Féin: Beyond and within Containment

Peter Shirlow

Chapter 5. Ulster Unionism after the Peace

James W. McAuley

Chapter 6. Drumcree: Marching towards Peace in Northern Ireland?

Dominic Bryan

Chapter 7. Images of Peace: The News Media, Politics and the Good Friday Agreement

Thomas Taafe

Chapter 8. The Perception of Economic Aid in Northern Ireland and its Role in the Peace Process

Cynthia Irvin and Sean Byrne

Chapter 9. Women and a 'New' Northern Ireland

Valerie Morgan

Chapter 10. The Politics of Culture in Northern Ireland

Camille O'Reilly

Chapter 11. Sport and the Politics of Irish Nationalism: The Struggle for Ireland's Sporting Soul

Alan Bairner

Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Peace Process in Northern Ireland since 1998

Stefan Wolff

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Neuheiser, Jörg
Jörg Neuheiser studied History and English at the University of Cologne and Trinity College Dublin. He is currently editor of Ethnos.

Wolff, Stefan
Stefan Wolff was educated at the University of Leipzig, Germany. He received an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the London School of Economics. He is currently Chair in Political Science at the University of Nottingham.

Jörg Neuheiser studied History and English at the University of Cologne and Trinity College Dublin. He is currently editor of Ethnos.