Guns And Government The Management of the

Darby and Mac Ginty identify six key strands in the Northern Ireland peace process and assess how factors in each facilitated or obstructed political movement. Chapters are devoted to political change, violence and security, economic factors, external influences, popular responses, and the role of images and symbols. The book is part of a wider study of the management of contemporary peace processes and has a strong comparative theme. It draws heavily on interviews with key players (politicians and policymakers) in the peace process.

Roger MacGinty is Lecturer in Postwar Recovery Studies at the Department of Politics, University of York.

John Darby is Scholar in Residence at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame.

List of Tables and Figures

viii

Acknowledgements

ix

List of Abbreviations

x

Chronology of the Peace Process

xii

Map: Northern Ireland

xvi

Introduction: a New Departure?

1

(2)

Peace processes - what are they?

3

(1)

Coming out of violence

4

(1)

The Northern Ireland peace process

5

(4)

Part I: The Peace Process: a Narrative

9

(46)

The Background to the Peace Process

11

(18)

What's the trouble anyway?

11

(1)

The people of Northern Ireland

12

(2)

The historical background

14

(2)

The Troubles

16

(4)

Building blocks for the peace process

20

(5)

First movements: 1990-94

25

(4)

Negotiating the Deal

29

(12)

Ceasefires and after, 1994-95

29

(3)

The collapse of the IRA ceasefire, February 1996

32

(1)

Dead-time, spring 1996-spring 1997

33

(2)

Parades

35

(1)

The Blair administration - May 1997

36

(3)

The final straight - spring 1998

39

(2)

Good Friday and After

41

(14)

The Good Friday Agreement, April 1998

41

(1)

Bedding in the Agreement, 1998-99

42

(7)

The Mitchell review - autumn 1999

49

(2)

Devolution - winter 1999-2001

51

(4)

Part II: The Peace Process: an Analysis

55

(112)

Swinging Door: the Politics and Negotiation of the Peace Process

57

(29)

Introduction

57

(1)

Part one: actors

58

(14)

Part two: structure and process

72

(12)

Discussion: what factors facilitated movement in the Northern Ireland peace process?

84

(2)

Guns and Government: Violence and the Peace Process

86

(20)

Introduction

86

(1)

A habit of violence

87

(1)

Violence and the peace process: changing patterns

88

(2)

Violence and the peace process: an analysis

90

(13)

Violence as a catalyst for peace

103

(1)

Discussion: why decommissioning became a problem

104

(2)

Third Parties: External Influences on the Peace Process

106

(17)

Introduction

106

(1)

Non-governmental influences

107

(6)

The United States government

113

(4)

The European Union

117

(1)

The example of other peace processes

118

(2)

Discusssion: what impact did external influences have on the peace process?

120

(3)

Peace Dividends and Peace Deficits: the Economics of the Peace Process

123

(15)

Introduction

123

(1)

Economics and the peace process

124

(1)

Northern Ireland: the years of violence

125

(2)

Direct grants

127

(2)

Increased investment

129

(3)

The fair employment issue

132

(1)

The security factor

133

(1)

Discussion: was there a peace dividend?

134

(4)

On the Ground: Public Opinion and the Peace Process

138

(14)

Public opinion and public behaviour

139

(2)

Civil society

141

(5)

The media

146

(2)

Discussion: top-down or bottom-up?

148

(4)

Poppies and Lilies: Symbolism and the Peace Process

152

(15)

Introduction

152

(1)

The role of symbols and symbolism in politics

153

(2)

Parades

155

(1)

Attacks on symbols

156

(1)

Appropriation

156

(1)

Anniversaries and victims

157

(2)

New opportunities

159

(3)

The Good Friday Agreement

162

(1)

Symbols of accord

163

(2)

Discussion: the continuing potency of symbols

165

(2)

Conclusion: a Broader Perspective on Northern Ireland's Peace Process

167

(16)

Introduction

167

(1)

What shaped the process?

168

(6)

Major and minor influences

174

(2)

What's new?

176

(5)

The need to synchronise

181

(2)

Notes

183

(27)

Bibliography

210

(6)

Index

216

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