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Template for peace

Northern Ireland, 1972-75

von: Shaun McDaid
27,99 €
Verlag:	Manchester University Press
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	16.05.2016
ISBN/EAN:	9781526103499
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	224

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Titelbeschreibung

At no time in Northern Ireland’s history did so many significant political initiatives occur as between 1972 and 1975, the most violent and polarised years of the region’s conflict. Using archival sources, this book analyses the political events and processes that informed the British government’s Northern Ireland policy at the time, the complex interactions between Northern Ireland political parties, and the importance of the British-Irish diplomatic relationship to the search for a solution to the Northern Ireland conflict. Focusing on the rise and fall of the power-sharing Executive and the Sunningdale Agreement, the book challenges a number of persistent myths, including those concerning the role of the Irish government in the Northern Ireland conflict. It contests the notion that the years 1972 to 1975 represent a ‘lost peace process’, but demonstrates that the policies established during this period provided the template for Northern Ireland’s current, ongoing peace settlement.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This book examines the creation and collapse of the first power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland, and British government policy during the period 1972–75. It also analyses the relationship between the British and Irish states during the 1972–75 period.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. From direct rule to power-sharing, 1972–1974 2. The security problem 3. The Sunningdale Council of Ireland 4. Social and economic policy and the Executive in office 5. The UWC strike and its aftermath 6. Government policy after the UWC strike and British-Irish relations, 1974–75 Conclusion Bibliography

Autorenportrait

Shaun McDaid is a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield

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This book examines the creation and collapse of the first power-sharing administration in Northern Ireland, and British government policy during the period 1972–75. It also analyses the relationship between the British and Irish states during the 1972–75 period. Drawing on recently released archival sources, this book sheds new light on the events of this turbulent period, and questions many core assumptions about the political dynamics of the time. In particular, it challenges existing interpretations of the relationship between the Irish government and the representatives of constitutional nationalism in Northern Ireland and security co-operation between the British and Irish states. It revises the widely held view that the Irish government sought to use the Sunningdale Agreement’s proposed Council of Ireland as a means of securing future Irish unity. It also examines the socio-economic problems which Northern Ireland faced at this time, and the attempts of the region’s politicians to solve them, demonstrating the remarkable similarities between nationalist and unionist parties with regard to non-constitutional matters. It also challenges the view that the power-sharing experiment can be seen as a ‘lost peace process’, due to the levels of violence between 1972 and 1975. However, it demonstrates that the Sunningdale package, and the policies established during this period, provided the basic template for the current settlement in the region. It will thus be essential reading for students and scholars of modern British and Irish politics and the Northern Ireland conflict, and those interested in the politics of conflict resolution.