A Farewell to Arms?: From War to Peace in Northern Ireland PDF
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A farewell to arms? From ‘long war’ | to long peace in Northern Ireland oo . Edited by Sie Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke and Fiona Stephen a”) PORTSMOUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY 94160824 | re) 093 9281 9311 :h oo eee ON This book is due for return by the last date shown above. To avoid paying fines please renew or return promptly \) Portsmouth Clty COUNCIL LIBRARY SERVICE CL-1 A mani 2 MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS A farewell to arms? From ‘long war’ to long peace in Northern Ireland EDITED BY MICHAEL COX, ADRIAN GUELKE AND FIONA STEPHEN H2an SOa00a05a' = 8 4 4 mits ie 2b0 ive Manchester University Press MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin’s Press Copyright © Manchester University Press 2000 While copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in Manchester University Press, copyright in individual chapters belongs to their respective authors, and no chapter may be reproduced wholly or in part without the express permission in writing of both author and publisher. Published by Manchester University Press Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NR, UK http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin’s Press, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA Distributed exclusively in Canada by UBC Press, University of British Columbia, 2029 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is avalaible from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ISBN © 7190 5796 5 hardback pnt © 7190 5797 3 paperback re First published 2000 TEL: 023.9281 9311 07 06 05 04 03 02 OL oOo oC ay ac oe Lh tae ae PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL LIB SERVICE C003782116 HJ 11/01/2001 941.60824 £16.99 0719057973 Typeset in Caslon and Frutiger Condensed by Koinonia Ltd, Manchester Printed in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Limited, Glasgow Contents List of tables and figures page ix List of contributors Preface and acknowledgements Glossary and abbreviations Introduction: a farewell to arms? From long war to uncertain peace in Northern Ireland Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke and Fiona Stephen PART I THE CONTEXT FOR THE PEACE PROCESS The background to the Irish peace process Martin Mansergh From war to peace in Northern Ireland Caroline Kennedy-Pipe 24 PART I1 GOOD FRIDAY AND BEYOND The Belfast Agreement of 1998: from ethnic democracy to a multicultural, consociational settlement? 40 Paul Bew) The SDLP and the roots of the Good Friday Agreement Sean Farren 49 The 1998 Agreement: Unionist responses Arthur Aughey 62 PART II1 IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT A farewell to arms? Decommissioning and the peace process Colin McInnes 78 vi Contents A ‘most difficult and unpalatable part’ — the release of politically SS motivated violent offenders Michael von Tangen Page 93 Policing and human rights after the conflict co Brice Dickson 104 PART IV SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY AFTER THE TROUBLES The human consequences of armed conflict: constructing ‘victimhood’ in the context of Northern Ireland’s Troubles Marie Smyth 118 Northern Ireland: developing a post-conflict economy IO Mike Morrissey Whatever happened to the women? Gender and peace in Northern II Ireland Kate Fearon 153 Promoting a culture of tolerance: education in Northern Ireland I2 Fiona Stephen 165 PART V INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS t5 From Anglo-Irish to British—Irish relations Paul Gillespie 14 Europe and the Europeanisation of the Irish Question Elizabeth Meehan 1§ ‘Hope and history’: the US and peace in Northern Ireland John Dumbrell 16 ‘Comparatively peaceful’: South Africa, the Middle East and Northern Ireland Adrian Guelke 223 a7 Peace in the Basque Country and Corsica? Francesco Letamendia and John Loughlin 234 18 Northern Ireland after the Cold War Michael Cox 249 ee The effect of violence on the Irish peace process John Darby Peace processes in the late twentieth century: a mixed record 20 Fred Halliday 275 Conclusion: closure for the Irish Question? Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke and Fiona Stephen 290 Contents vii APPENDICES 28 Chronology of Northern Ireland from war to peace 298 The Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement), to April 1998 301 ‘Towards A Lasting Peace’, Sinn Féin Document, 1992 (extract) 326 Joint Declaration on Peace (Downing Street Declaration), 15 December 1993 327 A personal message from Rt Hon. Sir Patrick Mayhew, December 1993 33% kWD[wHeoNWnh y The TUAS (Tactical Use of Armed Struggle) Document circulated by republican leadership, summer 1994 333 IRA Ceasefire Statement, 31 August 1994 336 Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) Ceasefire Statement, fo) 13 October 1994 337 A New Framework for Agreement 1995 (extract) 338 The Mitchell Principles, January 1996 (extract) 342 I0 IRA Ceasefire Statement, 19 July 1997 343 II ‘Propositions on Heads of Agreement’ issued by British and Irish 12 governments, 12 January 1998 344 13 The Hillsborough Statement, 1 April 1999 346 14 ‘The Way Forward’ Joint Statement by British and Irish governments at Stormont, 2 July 1999 349 Statement issued by the IRA, 21 July 1999 35% 15 16 Statement by Senator George Mitchell concluding the Review of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 18 November 1999 352 Index 355
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