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Abandoning Historical Conflict? - by Peter Shirlow & Jon Tonge & James McAuley & Catherine McGlynn (Paperback)

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  • Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace.
  • About the Author: Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool James McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield Catherine McGlyn is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield
  • 224 Pages
  • History, Europe

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About the Book



Most accounts of the peace process are 'top-down', relying upon the views of political elites. This book is 'bottom-up', analysing the voices of those who actually 'fought the war'. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones?



Book Synopsis



Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are 'top-down', relying upon the views of political elites. This book is 'bottom-up', analysing the voices of those who actually 'fought the war'. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones?

Using unrivalled access to members of the armed groups, the book, available for the first time in paperback, offers a critical appraisal of one-dimensional accounts of the onset of peace, grounded in 'mutually hurting stalemate' and 'ripeness', which downgrade the political and economic aspects of conflict. Military stalemate had been evident since the early 1970s and offers little in explaining the timing of the peace process. Moreover, republicans and loyalists based their ceasefires upon very different perceptions of transformation or victory.

Based on a Leverhulme Trust project and written by an expert team, Abandoning Conflict offers a new analysis, based on subtle interplays of military, political, economic and personal changes and experiences.



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Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are 'top-down', relying upon the views of political elites. This book, available for the first time in paperback, is 'bottom-up', analysing the voices of those who actually 'fought the war'. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones?

Based on a Leverhulme Trust project and written by an expert team, the book offers a new analysis, based on subtle interplays of military, political, economic and personal changes and experiences. Combined, these allowed combatants to move from violence to peace whilst retaining core ideological beliefs and maintaining long-term constitutional visions.



About the Author



Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast

Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool

James McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield

Catherine McGlyn is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield

Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .44 Inches (D)
Weight: .66 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Europe
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Theme: Ireland
Format: Paperback
Author: Peter Shirlow & Jon Tonge & James McAuley & Catherine McGlynn
Language: English
Street Date: June 30, 2012
TCIN: 1005680257
UPC: 9780719087448
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-5921
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.66 pounds
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