Title The Northern Ireland conflict : consociational engagements / John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 434 pages) Contents Introduction: Consociational theory and Northern Ireland -- The Anglo Irish agreement : folly or statecraft? -- The limits to coercive consociationalism in Northern Ireland -- Comparing Northern Ireland -- Five fallacies : Northern Ireland and the liabilities of liberalism -- The Labour government and Northern Ireland, 1974-9 -- The conservative stewardship of Northern Ireland 1979-97 : sound bottomed contradictions or slow learning?-- Political settlements in Northern Ireland and South Africa -- The nature of the agreement -- Globalization, European integration, and the Northern Ireland conflict -- 'Democracy' in Northern Ireland : experiments in self rule from the Protestant ascendancy to the Good Friday Agreement -- The protection of human rights under the Belfast Agreement -- The politics of policing reform in Northern Ireland Summary This text explains why Northern Ireland's national divisions have made the achievement of a consociational agreement particularly difficult. The issues raised in the book are central to a proper understanding of Northern Ireland's past and future Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes "Bibliography of writings by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary on Irish politics, 1985-2003": pages 404-414 Notes Print version record Subject Political violence -- Northern Ireland Social conflict -- Northern Ireland Peace movements -- Northern Ireland HISTORY. Peace movements Politics and government Political violence Social conflict SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092560 Subject Northern Ireland Form Electronic book Author O'Leary, Brendan. ISBN 9780191532870 0191532878 0199266573 9780199266579 9780191601446 0191601446

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