Inside accounts. Volume II, The Irish government and peace in Northern Ireland, from the Good Friday Agreement to the Fall of Power-Sharing / interviews by Graham Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Graham, author, interviewer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Ireland--Interviews.

Politicians.

Ireland--Officials and employees--Interviews.

Ireland.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Northern Ireland.

Great Britain.

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

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Irish government and peace in Northern Ireland, from the Good Friday Agreement to the Fall of Power-Sharing

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Volume two of the most authoritative and revealing account yet of how the Irish Government managed the Northern Ireland peace process and helped broker a political settlement to end the conflict there. Based on nine extended interviews with key officials and political leaders including Bertie Ahern, this book provides a compelling picture of how the peace process was created and how it came to be successful. Covering areas such as informal negotiation, text and context, strategy, working with British and American Governments, and offering perceptions of other players involved in the dialogue and negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and the power-sharing arrangements that followed, this dramatic account will become a major source for academics and interested readers alike for years to come. Volume One deals with the Irish Government and Sunningdale (1973) and the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) and Volume Two on the Good Friday Agreement (1998) and beyond.

Contents:

Notes on interviewees

Acknowledgements

Brief Chronology of the Peace Process from 1997

Parties, Offices and Organisations

Key Documents

Introduction

1. The Aspirations of Text: an interview with Rory Montgomery

2. Forums and North-South Relations: an interview with Wally Kirwan

3. Strategy and Trajectory: an interview with David Donoghue

4. Groundwork and Building Closeness: an interview with Ray Bassett

5. Legal and Political Convergence: an interview with David Byrne

6. Putting Arms Beyond Use: an interview with Tim Dalton

7. Policy and Pragmatism: an interview with Eamonn McKee

8. The Politics of Engagement: an interview with Liz O'Donnell

9. The Focus of Leadership: an interview with Bertie Ahern

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781526149176

1526149176

9781526143914

1526143917

OCLC:

1149150182