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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791915903321

Autore

Shirlow Peter

Titolo

Abandoning historical conflict? [[electronic resource] ] : former political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland / / Peter Shirlow ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

ISBN

1-78170-303-5

1-84779-343-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShirlowPeter

Disciplina

327.1/7209416

Soggetti

Peace-building - Northern Ireland

Ex-convicts - Political activity - Northern Ireland

Ex-convicts - Northern Ireland - Attitudes

Political prisoners - Northern Ireland - Attitudes

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 (p. [173]-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719080111; 9780719080111; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Politically motivated prisoners inNorthern Ireland; Former prisoners in a global context; Political views and understandings; Imprisonment, ideologicaldevelopment and change; Political and tactical change amongformer prisoners; Conflict transformation and changingperceptions of the 'other'; Former prisoners and societalreconstruction; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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?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 an