Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland

This book focuses on the decade since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998, as political and paramilitary actors attempt to adjust to the rigours of democratic participation. It delineates the key stumbling blocks in the current peace and political processes and examines in detail just how the conversion from terrorism to democratic politics is being managed in post-conflict Northern Ireland. It aims to fill a gap in the literature by juxtaposing 'top-level' political party and inter-governmental politics alongside 'middle-range' civil society interventions and 'grass-roots' community level politics.Moreover, it provides an empirically informed examination of the central political ideologies, parties and identities at play, as well as the methodologies by which paramilitary groupings are attempting to deal with the legacies of the past conflict. The book draws its contributors from across the disciplinary boundaries of political science, history, anthropology, sociology and political sociology and is situated within a broad analytical and theoretical framework.

ISBN 0716529564   DEWEY 327.17209416 ISBN13 9780716529569 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC22 Publisher Irish Academic Press Ltd   Pages 272 Imprint Irish Academic Press Ltd   Volumes 1 Format Paperback   Published in County Dublin Publication date 12 Feb 2008   Academic level Postgraduate Library of Congress 2008411620

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