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Author Byrne, Sean

Title Civil Society, Peacebuilding, and Economic Assistance in Northern Ireland Local Knowledge, Wisdom, and Practices
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (207 p.)
Series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution Series
Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution Series
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Local Experts' Wisdom, and Practices -- Conceptualizing the Local Turn and Local Effect: Economic Aid and Neoliberal Peacebuilding -- The Local Turn -- The Local Effect -- A Note On Methods -- Structure of the Book -- Conclusions -- 2 Conflict and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland -- External Aid, CSOs, and Peacebuilding -- The British Government's 2010 Austerity Program -- The 2012-2013 Flying-The-Flags Controversy
The 2016 Brexit Referendum -- Donald Trump's 2016 Election and America First -- The 2017 Collapse and Restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive -- The UK's 2020 Departure From the EU -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- Conclusions -- 3 Your Work Is Done, Or Your Work Is Not Done: Let the Past Wither On the Vine -- Peace Equals Tea and Biscuits -- The Safe Hands of Greenism and Orangeism -- Work Yourself Out of a Job -- Conclusions -- Note -- 4 We All Eat the Same Potatoes -- Water Unites, Water Doesn't Divide -- Equal and Parallel But Separate -- Conclusions -- Note -- 5 "Apathy Is Frozen By Words"
Words Rattle in Your Brain: Justice for All and Justice for the Many -- One Thread in the Whole Tapestry of Things -- "Window Into the Soul of a Community" -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Yeast Is to Bread What Economic Aid Is to Peace: The Peace-By-Prosperity Model -- The Peace Industry and a Cocktail of Funding -- There Are Only So Many Saints Walking This Earth -- A Race to the Bottom, and Sleepwalking Toward Segregation -- Conclusions -- 7 Better to Have a Peace Industry Than a War Industry: You Can't Eat a Flag -- Give Sectarianism the Boot
Peacebuilding Is Commonsense and Grounded Street Work -- Play It Safe With Tea and Buns, Safe Parties, and Peace By Proxy -- Conclusions -- Note -- 8 We Have the Experience But Miss the Meaning and Learning -- The Enormous Courage of People: Taking Risks for Peace -- Bouts of Utopia: Transforming Conflict -- Find Your Feet -- Conclusions -- Note -- 9 Economic Aid and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: Critical Peacebuilding Emancipated? -- Economic Aid, Peacebuilding, and the Northern Ireland Peace Process -- CSOs' Working Relationships With the Funders -- CSO Projects and Local Peacebuilding
Local CSOs' Knowledge and Practices -- CSOs, Equity, Justice, and Inclusion -- COVID-19 and Brexit's Implications for Peace in Northern Ireland -- Implications for Peace and Conflict Studies -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Index
Summary This book examines the role of local peacebuilders in Northern Ireland and some of the challenges they face
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Peace-building -- Northern Ireland
Conflict management -- Northern Ireland
Economic assistance -- Northern Ireland
Conflict management.
Economic assistance.
Peace-building.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Politics and government
Subject Northern Ireland.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000908930
1000908933