The northern Ireland question: the peace process and the Belfast agreement

The book examines how the Belfast Agreement came about and its effect on unionism, nationalism, the paramilitaries, electoral support for local parties andthe constitutional position of Northern Ireland. It also considers the extentto which the Agreement may be regarded as an exercise in political cynicism or the basis for lasting peace. INDICE: Introduction; B.Barton & P.Roche - The Historical Background to the Belfast Agreement; B.Barton - Negotiating the Belfast Agreement; T.Hennessey - Implementing Devolved Government 1999-2002; G.Gudgin - The Belfast Agreement and the Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland; A.Morgan - The Electoral Dynamics of the Belfast Agreement; S.Elliott - Unionism and the Belfast Agreement; C.Farrington - Northern Nationalism and the Belfast Agreement; C.McGrattan - Republican Paramilitaries and the Peace Process; J.Tonge - Loyalist Paramilitaries and the Peace Process; I.Wood - The Belfast Agreement and Southern Irish Politics; C.Ob Donnell - The United States and the Peace Process; A.Guelke - The Triumph of the Belfast Agreement; P.Bew - The Case against the Belfast Agreement; D.Kennedy - Conclusion; B.Barton & P.Roche -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-20380-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 15/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés