Abandoning Historical Conflict?: Former Political Prisoners and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
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Abandoning Historical Conflict?: Former Political Prisoners and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Abandoning Historical Conflict?: Former Political Prisoners and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

Abandoning Historical Conflict?: Former Political Prisoners and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

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Peter Shirlow (Author) Jon Tonge (Author) James McAuley (Author) Catherine McGlynn (Author)  

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Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are 'top-down', relying upon the views of political elites. This book is 'bottom-up', analysing the voices of those who actually 'fought the war'. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones? Using unrivalled access to members of the armed groups, the book, available for the first time in paperback, offers a critical appraisal of one-dimensional accounts of the onset of peace, grounded in 'mutually hurting stalemate' and 'ripeness', which downgrade the political and economic aspects of conflict. Military stalemate had been evident since the early 1970s and offers little in explaining the timing of the peace process. Moreover, republicans and loyalists based their ceasefires upon very different perceptions of transformation or victory. Based on a Leverhulme Trust project and written by an expert team, Abandoning Conflict offers a new analysis, based on subtle interplays of military, political, economic and personal changes and experiences. -- .
Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen's University BelfastJon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of LiverpoolJames McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of HuddersfieldCatherine McGlyn is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield -- .
  • Contributor: Peter Shirlow
  • Imprint: Manchester University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780719087448
  • Number of Pages: 224
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234x11mm
  • Packaged Weight: 299
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Release Date: 2012-06-30
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen's University BelfastJon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of LiverpoolJames McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of HuddersfieldCatherine McGlyn is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield -- .

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