Global change, civil society and the Northern Ireland peace process : implementing the political settlement / edited by Christopher Farrington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrington, Christopher.

Series:

New security challenges series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government.

Northern Ireland.

Politics and government.

Peace movements--Northern Ireland.

Peace movements.

Northern Ireland--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

ix, 241 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Despite the historic deal between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein in the spring of 2007, Northern Ireland's Belfast Agreement has faced continual crises of implementation over a variety of security-related issues, such as reform of the police service and the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons. Too frequently analyses have neglected to study the wider changes that have occurred inside and outside Northern Ireland and how these changes affect Northern Irish politics. Global Change, Civil Society and the Northern Ireland Peace Process examines how some of these changes, including September 11th and the role of civil society, have had profound effects in changing attitudes towards violence, paramilitaries, the position of women and ideas of nationalism and sovereignty. This book places the implementation of the Belfast Agreement in a wider, global context in order to provide an analysis of why implementation has been so difficult.

Contents:

Introduction: Political Change in a Divided Society - The Implementation of the Belfast Agreement / Christopher Farrington 1

Part I Global Change and the International Dimension

1 'We're Not Quite as Interesting as We Used to Be': Interpreting the International Dimension / Christopher Farrington 25

2 The US War on Terrorism and its Impact on the Politics of Accommodation in Northern Ireland / David E. Schmitt 54

3 The Lure of the Miracle? The South African Connection and the Northern Ireland Peace Process / Adrian Guelke 73

4 From the European Union in Northern Ireland to Northern Ireland in the European Union / Elizabeth Meehan 91

Part II Civil Society

5 Models of Civil Society and Their Implications for the Northern Ireland Peace Process / Christopher Farrington 113

6 Women, Civil Society and Peace-Building in Northern Ireland: Paths to Peace through Women's Empowerment / Michael Potter 142

7 A Framework for Understanding Religion in Northern Irish Civil Society / Gladys Ganiel 159

Part III Consociationalism and Civil Society

8 The Belfast Agreement and the Limits of Consociationalism / Rupert Taylor 183

9 From Violence to Intolerance: Ethno-Nationalism and the Crowding Out of Civic Life / Robin Wilson 199

10 Power-Sharing and Civic Leadership in Lebanon and Northern Ireland / David Russell 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0230019951

9780230019959

OCLC:

185123520

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