Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland: Building Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory PDF
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Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland Building Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory David Bloomfiled PEACEMAKING STRATEGIES IN NORTHERN IRELAND This page intentionally left blank Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland Building Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory David Bloomfield Research Fellow Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts * © David Bloomfield 1997 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court wn Road, London 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. Outside North America ISBN 0-333-67432-4 In North America ISBN 0-312-16346-0 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-39086 Transferred to digital printing 2003 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne For my parents, David and Elisabeth This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables and Figures Xl Acknowledgements Xlll List of Abbreviations and Acronyms xv Introduction 1 Northern Ireland in Academic Study 2 The Wider Context 5 1. The Northern Ireland Conflict: Issues and Interpretations 8 1. Issues 9 2. Interpretations 13 Conclusion and Summary 22 2. Conflict Management Practice: The Structural Approach 24 1. The Structural Approach 24 2. British Initiatives, 1969-85 26 3. The Anglo-Irish Process since 1983 38 Conclusion and Summary 48 3. Conflict Management Practice: The Cultural Approach 50 1. The Cultural Approach 50 2. The Northern Ireland Community Relations Commission 51 3. Informal Initiatives 58 Conclusion and Summary 66 4. Complementarity in Conflict Management Theory: Resolution and Settlement Approaches 67 1. Resolution and Settlement 68 VB Peacemaking Strategies in N Ireland Vlll 2. Two Examples: Azar and Bercovitch 71 3. The Dichotomy in the Literature 76 4. Towards Complementarity 79 5. Relating Theory and Practice 84 6. Criteria for the Model 89 Conclusion and Summary 94 5. The Brooke Initiative: An Examination of the Structural Approach to Conflict Management 96 1. A Documentary Narrative 98 2. Brooke as Intervenor 115 Conclusion and Summary 127 6. The Community Relations Council: An Examination of the Cultural Approach to Conflict Management 133 l. Background 133 2. Establishment 138 3. In Operation, 1990-3 144 Conclusion and Summary 165 7. Complementarity in Practice: Northern Ireland 169 l. The Potential for Complementarity 170 2. The British Government and Complementarity 178 3. The Community Relations Council and Complementarity 180 Conclusion and Summary 190 8. A Model of Complementarity in Conflict Management 196 1. Complexity in Conflict: Implications for Model-building 198 2. A Model of Complementarity in Conflict Management 203 Conclusion and Summary 215 Contents IX 9. Concluding Remarks 217 1. Complementarity 217 2. Northern Ireland 221 Appendix: Biographical Details of Interviewees 224 Notes 227 Bibliography 230 Index 236
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