Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Table of legislation; List of abbreviations and defined terms; Introduction; 1 Resolving the constitutional question; 2 Devolution and decommissioning; 3 The 'normalisation of security' I: the removal of emergency powers; 4 The 'normalisation of security' II: the military in Northern Ireland; 5 Normalising policing and justice; 6 Paramilitary prisoners; 7 Northern Ireland: the new normal?; Index
Summary
The Northern Ireland peace process has been heralded by those involved as a successful example of transformation from a violent conflict to a peaceful society. This book examines the implementation of the Belfast Agreement in Northern Ireland, and evaluates whether its goal to establish a normal, peaceful society has been fully realised. Using the political and legal status of England, Scotland and Wales as a comparison, Jessie Blackbourn evaluates eight aspects of Northern Ireland which the Agreement aimed to normalise: the contested constitutional status of Northern Ireland, the dev
