Political discourse and conflict resolution : debating peace in Northern Ireland / edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O'Donnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayward, Katy.

O'Donnell, Catherine, 1979-

Series:

Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in politics--Northern Ireland.

Communication in politics.

Peace-building--Northern Ireland.

Peace-building.

Conflict management--Northern Ireland.

Conflict management.

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

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role of discursive change in a peace process.Just as a peace process has many dimensions and stakeholders, so the discourses considered here come from a wide range of sources and actors. The book contains in-depth analyses of official discourses used to present the peace process, the discourses of political party leaders engaging (or otherwise) with it, the discourses of community-level activists responding to it, and the discourses of the me

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Political discourse and conflict resolution; 2 Constructing legitimacy in political discourse in the early phase of the Troubles; 3 Finding consensus: Political discourse in the Republic of Ireland on the Troubles and peace process; 4 Interpreting New Labour's political discourse on the peace process; 5 Discourse worlds in Northern Ireland: The legitimisation of the 1998 Agreement; 6 'Humespeak': The SDLP, political discourse and the peace process

7 DUP discourses on violence and their impact on the peace process8 The old order changeth - or not?: Modern discourses within the Orange Order; 9 Continuity and change in the discourse of republican former prisoners; 10 Imagining 'a shared future': Post-conflict discourseson peace-building; 11 Sectarian demography: Dubious discourses of ethno-national conflict; 12 'From Belfast to Baghdad . . .'?: Discourses of Northern Ireland's 'model' of conflict resolution; 13 'The IRA are not Al-Qaeda': 'New terrorism' discourse and Irish republicanism

14 Debating peace and conflict in Northern Ireland: Towards a narrative approachSelect bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-90607-X

1-136-90608-8

1-282-88243-0

9786612882432

0-203-84249-9

9780203842492

OCLC:

670411805