The destructors : the story of Northern Ireland's lost peace process / Michael Kerr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerr, Michael, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Peace-building.

General Strike, Northern Ireland, 1974.

History.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1968-1998.

Northern Ireland.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xx, 348 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2011.

Summary:

Kerr, director of the Centre for the Study of Divided Societies at King's College London, presents this analysis of the 1973 power sharing agreement in Northern Ireland and the political causes of its ultimate failure. Divided into sections, the volume examines the period of direct rule immediately preceding the agreement, the creation of the power sharing executive and its destruction, highlighting the failure of British policy makers to invest political capital in the structure and to reign in rogue Unionist forces bent on its destruction. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Direct Rule

1 Bringing it All Back Home 19

2 Breaking the Mould 45

3 The Whitelaw Settlement 81

4 A Salesman for Sunningdale 113

Part II The Power-Sharing Executive

5 Hands Across the Border 143

6 The Other End of the Bridge 169

7 The Wildcats Strike 201

8 The Triumph of the Destructors 223

Part III Majority Report

9 Responsibility Without Power 251

10 No Direction Home 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-333) and index.

ISBN:

9780716530985

0716530988

0716530996

9780716530992

OCLC:

696098973