Aspects of the Belfast Agreement

Exploring the crucial aspects of the recent Belfast Agreement, this book brings together leading experts on the politics and constitution of Northern Ireland. The contributors focus on the motives of its negotiators, the roles performed both by the British and Irish governments, and a number of international actors--notably the United States and South Africa--in forging the deal struck on April 10, 1998.

List of Tables

ix

List of Abbreviations

x

Notes on Contributors

xi

Aspects of the Belfast Agreement: Introduction

1

(10)

Rick Wilford

Context and Content: Sunningdale and Belfast Compared

11

(17)

Stefan Wolff

Transcending an Ethnic Party System? The Impact of Consociational Governance on Electoral Dynamics and the Party System

28

(21)

Paul Mitchell

The Character of the 1998 Agreement: Results and Prospects

49

(35)

Brendan O'Leary

Seeing it Through? The Multifaceted Implementation of the Belfast Agreement

84

(23)

Brigid Hadfield

The Assembly and the Executive

107

(22)

Rick Wilford

The British-Irish Council

129

(13)

Graham Walker

The Patten Report and Post-Sovereignty Policing in Northern Ireland

142

(24)

Clive Walker

From Insulation to Appeasement: The Major and Blair Governments Reconsidered

166

(18)

Henry Patterson

Learning from `The Leopard'

184

(18)

Arthur Aughey

Modern Irish Republicanism and the Belfast Agreement: Chickens Coming Home to Roost, or Turkeys Celebrating Christmas?

202

(21)

Anthony McIntyre

The Belfast Agreement and the Republic of Ireland

223

(22)

John Coakley

International Dimensions of the Belfast Agreement

245

(19)

Adrian Guelke

Index

264

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Aspects of the Belfast Agreement

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