Northern Ireland : the politics of war and peace

Northern Ireland : the politics of war and peace /

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This provides an introduction to the politics and recent history of Northern Ireland. It probes the underlying realities of war and peace to address such key issues as: Why did 'the troubles' erupt in the late 1960s and why did the intercommunal violence escalate and continue so long?; Why...

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Main Author: Dixon, Paul, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, ©2001.
Subjects:
Political violence > Northern Ireland.
Peace movements > Northern Ireland.
15.70 history of Europe.
Peace movements.
Politics and government
Political violence.
Binnenlandse conflicten.
Question irlandaise.
Processus de paix.
Mouvements pacifistes > Irlande du Nord (GB).
Violence politique > Grande-Bretagne > Irlande du Nord (GB).
Northern Ireland > Politics and government.
Northern Ireland.
Irlande du Nord (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > 1969-1994.
Irlande du Nord (GB) > Politique et gouvernement > 1994- ...
Table of Contents:
  • List of maps, figures and tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The approach and argument : power, ideology and "reality"
  • 3. The inevitability of Irish unity? : Northern Ireland 1921-68
  • 4. The civil rights movement
  • 5. The crisis of British policy over Northern Ireland 1968-73
  • 6. The first peace process 1972-74 : the power-sharing experiment and its failure
  • 7. The limits of British policy 1974-81 : from withdrawal to integration
  • 8. The Anglo-Irish agreement : origins and impact
  • 9. Endgame? : the origins of the second peace process 1988-94
  • 10. Bridging the gap? : the peace process 1994-2000
  • 11. Conclusion : the politics of war and peace
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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