03704nam 2200805 a 450 991079191590332120230725021505.01-78170-303-51-84779-343-610.7765/9781847793430(CKB)2560000000085842(EBL)1069649(OCoLC)818847415(SSID)ssj0000712714(PQKBManifestationID)12259060(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712714(PQKBWorkID)10645432(PQKB)10327102(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086923(Au-PeEL)EBL1069649(CaPaEBR)ebr10623395(CaONFJC)MIL843720(MiAaPQ)EBC1069649(DE-B1597)659531(DE-B1597)9781847793430(EXLCZ)99256000000008584220100907d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAbandoning historical conflict?[electronic resource] former political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland /Peter Shirlow ... [et al.]Manchester Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan20101 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-8744-9 0-7190-8011-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.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; IndexDrawing 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 anPeace-buildingNorthern IrelandEx-convictsPolitical activityNorthern IrelandEx-convictsNorthern IrelandAttitudesPolitical prisonersNorthern IrelandAttitudesNorthern IrelandPolitics and government1994-Northern Ireland.armed groups.ceasefires.conflict.former prisoners.loyalists.peace process.peace.republicans.violence.Peace-buildingEx-convictsPolitical activityEx-convictsAttitudes.Political prisonersAttitudes.327.1/7209416Shirlow Peter, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1544344Shirlow Peter1544344MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791915903321Abandoning historical conflict3798668UNINA