Beyond the wire : former prisoners and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland / Peter Shirlow and Kieran McEvoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirlow, Peter.

Contributor:

McEvoy, Kieran.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ex-convicts--Political activity--Northern Ireland.

Ex-convicts.

Political prisoners--Northern Ireland.

Political prisoners.

Conflict management--Northern Ireland.

Conflict management.

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Political violence.

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

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Former prisoners and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides the first detailed examination of the role played by former loyalist and republican prisoners in grass roots conflict transformation work in the Northern Ireland peace process. It challenges the assumed passivity of former prisoners and ex-combatants. Instead, it suggests that such individuals and the groups which they formed have been key agents of conflict transformation. They have provided leadership in challenging cultures of violence, developed practical methods of resolving inter-communal conflict and found ways for communities to explore their troubled past. In analysing this, the authors challenge the sterile demonisation of former prisoners and the processes that maintain their exclusion from normal civic and social life. The book is a constructive reminder of the need for full participation of both former combatants and victims in post-conflict transformation. It also lays out a new agenda for reconciliation which suggests that conflict transformation can and should begin 'from the extremes'. The book will be of interest to students of criminology, peace and conflict studies, law and politics, geography and sociology as well as those with a particular interest in the Northern Ireland conflict.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context

Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context

The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups

Imprisonment and the Post- Imprisonment Experience

Residual Criminalisation and its Effects

Community and Conflict

Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Confl ict Transformation

Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered?

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611878764

9781849643405

1849643407

9781281878762

1281878766

9781435690752

1435690753

OCLC:

666952998