Guns and Government: The Management of the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Chronology of the Peace Process......Page 13
Map: Northern Ireland......Page 17
Introduction: a New Departure?......Page 18
Peace processes – what are they?......Page 20
Coming out of violence......Page 21
The Northern Ireland peace process......Page 22
Part I The Peace Process: a Narrative......Page 26
What\'s the trouble anyway?......Page 28
The people of Northern Ireland......Page 29
The historical background......Page 31
The Troubles......Page 33
Building blocks for the peace process......Page 37
First movements: 1990–94......Page 42
Ceasefires and after, 1994–95......Page 46
The collapse of the IRA ceasefire, February 1996......Page 49
Dead-time, spring 1996–spring 1997......Page 50
Parades......Page 52
The Blair administration – May 1997......Page 53
The final straight – spring 1998......Page 56
The Good Friday Agreement, April 1998......Page 58
Bedding in the Agreement, 1998–99......Page 59
The Mitchell review – autumn 1999......Page 66
Devolution – winter 1999–2001......Page 68
Part II The Peace Process: an Analysis......Page 72
Introduction......Page 74
Part one: actors......Page 75
Part two: structure and process......Page 89
Discussion: what factors facilitated movement in the Northern Ireland peace process?......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
A habit of violence......Page 104
Violence and the peace process: changing patterns......Page 105
Violence and the peace process: an analysis......Page 107
Violence as a catalyst for peace......Page 120
Discussion: why decommissioning became a problem......Page 121
Introduction......Page 123
Non-governmental influences......Page 124
The United States government......Page 130
The European Union......Page 134
The example of other peace processes......Page 135
Discusssion: what impact did external influences have on the peace process?......Page 137
Introduction......Page 140
Economics and the peace process......Page 141
Northern Ireland: the years of violence......Page 142
Direct grants......Page 144
Increased investment......Page 146
The fair employment issue......Page 149
The security factor......Page 150
Discussion: was there a peace dividend?......Page 151
8 On the Ground: Public Opinion and the Peace Process......Page 155
Public opinion and public behaviour......Page 156
Civil society......Page 158
The media......Page 163
Discussion: top-down or bottom-up?......Page 165
Introduction......Page 169
The role of symbols and symbolism in politics......Page 170
Parades......Page 172
Appropriation......Page 173
Anniversaries and victims......Page 174
New opportunities......Page 176
The Good Friday Agreement......Page 179
Symbols of accord......Page 180
Discussion: the continuing potency of symbols......Page 182
Introduction......Page 184
What shaped the process?......Page 185
Major and minor influences......Page 191
What\'s new?......Page 193
The need to synchronise......Page 198
Notes......Page 200
Bibliography......Page 227
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