Title Northern Ireland since 1969 / Paul Dixon and Eamonn O'Kane

Published London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (224 pages) Series Seminar Studies Seminar studies in history Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Publisher's acknowledgements; Chronology; Who's who; Glossary; Maps; PART ONE ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT; 1 PERSPECTIVES ON THE NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT; Nationalists and Republicans; Unionists and Loyalists; The Centre; Conclusions; 2 THE OUTBREAK OF THE TROUBLES; Background to the Troubles; How much discrimination was there in Northern Ireland?; The growth of the civil rights movement; Explaining the civil rights movement; The path to direct rule; Conclusions; 3 THE POWER-SHARING EXPERIMENT, 1972-74 Dealing with the extremistsBringing in the moderates; The power-sharing agreement; The collapse of Sunningdale; Conclusions; 4 SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS, 1974-82; Examining Northern Ireland's options; Dealing with the IRA; A security-driven policy; The hunger strikes; Conclusions; 5 THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT 1983-85; The background to the AIA; The content of the AIA; The objectives of the AIA; Reaction to the AIA; The impact of the AIA; Conclusions; 6 THE ORIGINS OF THE PEACE PROCESS, 1985-94; Bringing the unionists back in; Rethinking the armed struggle; Talking to the enemy: the back channel The Downing Street DeclarationCeasefire; The international dimension; Conclusions; 7 FROM CEASEFIRE TO THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT, 1994-98; Reactions to the ceasefire; Decommissioning; The Framework Documents; Decommissioning and the end of the ceasefire; Violence and recriminations; Reconstructing the peace process; The Good Friday Agreement (GFA); Getting agreement on the agreement; Conclusions; 8 THE ENDGAME? IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT, 1998-2010; Changing attitudes to the Good Friday Agreement; Overcoming the barriers to implementation; Policing; Guns and government Reaching the 'pie in the sky': the DUP-Sinn Féin dealConclusion: explaining the triumph of the extremes; 9 CONCLUSION: THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE FUTURE OF NORTHERN IRELAND; The enthusiasts; The sceptics; PART TWO DOCUMENTS; 1 'The Men Behind the Wire'; 2 A loyalist song; 3 UK Cabinet's sub-committee minutes; 4 The death of Bernard McGuigan on Bloody Sunday; 5 IRA training manual; 6 The death of Jean McConville; 7 Proposals of the SDLP; 8 Green Paper on the future of Northern Ireland; 9 A unionist view on the future of Northern Ireland 10 White Paper on Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals11 Harold Wilson's 'Spongers Speech'; 12 IRA 'Staff Report'; 13 The Glover Report; 14 Ian Paisley calls for the extermination of the IRA; 15 The Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985; 16 A unionist MP on the Anglo-Irish Agreement; 17 The UDA's analysis of the conflict; 18 John Hume criticises Sinn Féin; 19 An SDLP view of republicans; 20 Peter Brooke's 'Whitbread Speech'; 21 The 'TUAS' Document; 22 Gerry Adams on demands for IRA decommissioning; 23 The Mitchell Principles; 24 Tony Blair reassures unionists; 25 The Good Friday Agreement Summary The conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969 has cost over 3,600 lives and about 100,000 people in Northern Ireland live in a household where someone has been injured in a troubles-related incident. This has been a key issue in British and Irish politics and the recent peace process in Northern Ireland and the current?War on Terrorism' has stimulated international involvement and a desire to?learn the lessons' of?the troubles'. Although Northern Ireland has a population of just 1.5 million people it is one of the most researched territories of the world. There is considerable contr Notes 26 The Alliance Party sets out its principles for a settlement Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Peace movements -- Northern Ireland Irish question. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Diplomatic relations Irish question Peace movements Politics and government SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092560 Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Northern Ireland Northern Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- Sources Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Northern Ireland -- Sources Northern Ireland -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Sources Subject Great Britain Northern Ireland Genre/Form Sources Form Electronic book Author O'Kane, Eamonn. ISBN 9781317866572 1317866576 9781315835006 1315835002 9781317866558 131786655X 9781317866565 1317866568 9781138169968 113816996X

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