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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484296703321

Autore

Lagana Giada

Titolo

The European Union and the Northern Ireland peace process / / Giada Lagana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-59117-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 211 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, , 2662-5873

Disciplina

327.17209416

Soggetti

Peace movements - Northern Ireland

European Union countries Foreign relations Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Foreign relations European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Metagoverning Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland -- Chapter 3. The genesis of the European Union/Northern Ireland peacebuilding network -- Chapter 4. The 1984 Haagerup Report on the situation in Northern Ireland -- Chapter 5. European Union Structural Funds programmes on the island of Ireland: Interreg and the cross-border dimension -- Chapter 6. The European Union Programme for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland -- Chapter 7. The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: cross-border cooperation and peacebuilding in the context of the new institutions -- Chapter 8. Conclusion. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the economic and political contributions of the EU to the Northern Ireland peace process, tracing the genesis of EU involvement since 1979 and analysing how it acted as an arena in which to foster dialogue and positive cooperation. Based on extensive archival research and exclusive elite interviews this volume provides the first comprehensive study of how the EU contributed to the reconfiguration of Northern Ireland from a site of conflict to a site of conflict amelioration and peace-building. The book demonstrates that the relationship between Northern Ireland and the EU has been much more significant in the peace process than previously suggested. Giada



Lagana is an associate researcher at Cardiff University, UK. She holds a PhD in Political Science and Sociology from the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her work has appeared in various peer reviewed journals such as Space and Polity, European Urban and Regional Studies, and Research Methods Cases in Politics & International Relations.