Political discourse and conflict resolution : debating peace in Northern Ireland / / edited by Katy Hayward and Catherine O'Donnell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785114303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-90607-X; 1-136-90608-8; 1-282-88243-0; 9786612882432; 0-203-84249-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Altri autori (Persone): HaywardKaty; O'DonnellCatherine <1979->
• Disciplina: 941.60824
• Soggetti: Communication in politics - Northern Ireland; Peace-building - Northern Ireland; Conflict management - Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Politics and government 1994-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Political discourse and conflict resolution; 2 Constructing legitimacy in political discourse in the early phase of the Troubles; 3 Finding consensus: Political discourse in the Republic of Ireland on the Troubles and peace process; 4 Interpreting New Labour's political discourse on the peace process; 5 Discourse worlds in Northern Ireland: The legitimisation of the 1998 Agreement; 6 'Humespeak': The SDLP, political discourse and the peace process; 7 DUP discourses on violence and their impact on the peace process8 The old order changeth - or not?: Modern discourses within the Orange Order; 9 Continuity and change in the discourse of republican former prisoners; 10 Imagining 'a shared future': Post-conflict discourseson peace-building; 11 Sectarian demography: Dubious discourses of ethno-national conflict; 12 'From Belfast to Baghdad . . .'?: Discourses ; of Northern Ireland's 'model' of conflict resolution; 13 'The IRA are not Al-Qaeda': 'New terrorism' discourse and Irish republicanism; 14 Debating peace and conflict in Northern Ireland: Towards a narrative approachSelect bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role of discursive change in a peace process.Just as a peace process has many dimensions and stakeholders, so the discourses considered here come from a wide range of sources and actors. The book contains in-depth analyses of official discourses used to present the peace process, the discourses of political party leaders engaging (or otherwise) with it, the discourses of community-level activists responding to it, and the discourses of the me