Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Timothy J White author Martin Mansergh author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Published:28th Feb '14

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From the early 1970s through the mid-1990s, Northern Ireland was the site of bitter conflict between those struggling for reunification with the rest of Ireland and those wanting the region to remain a part of the United Kingdom. After years of strenuous negotiations, nationalists and unionists came together in 1998 to sign the Good Friday Agreement. Northern Ireland's peace process has been deemed largely successful. Yet remarkably little has been done to assess in a comprehensive fashion what can be learned from it.

Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process incorporates recent research that emphasises the need for civil society and a grassroots approach to peacebuilding while taking into account a variety of perspectives, including neoconservatism and revolutionary analysis. The contributions, which include the reflections of those involved in the negotiation and implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, also provide policy prescriptions for modern conflicts.

This collection of essays fills a void by articulating the lessons learned and how—or whether—the peace processes can be applied to other regional conflicts.

ISBN: 9780299297046

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 456g

264 pages