LEADER 03704nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910791915903321 005 20230725021505.0 010 $a1-78170-303-5 010 $a1-84779-343-6 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847793430 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085842 035 $a(EBL)1069649 035 $a(OCoLC)818847415 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712714 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12259060 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712714 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10645432 035 $a(PQKB)10327102 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086923 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069649 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623395 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843720 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069649 035 $a(DE-B1597)659531 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847793430 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085842 100 $a20100907d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAbandoning historical conflict?$b[electronic resource] $eformer political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland /$fPeter Shirlow ... [et al.] 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press ;$aNew York $cDistributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-8744-9 311 $a0-7190-8011-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index. 327 $a9780719080111; 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 330 $aDrawing 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 606 $aPeace-building$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aEx-convicts$xPolitical activity$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aEx-convicts$zNorthern Ireland$xAttitudes 606 $aPolitical prisoners$zNorthern Ireland$xAttitudes 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government$y1994- 610 $aNorthern Ireland. 610 $aarmed groups. 610 $aceasefires. 610 $aconflict. 610 $aformer prisoners. 610 $aloyalists. 610 $apeace process. 610 $apeace. 610 $arepublicans. 610 $aviolence. 615 0$aPeace-building 615 0$aEx-convicts$xPolitical activity 615 0$aEx-convicts$xAttitudes. 615 0$aPolitical prisoners$xAttitudes. 676 $a327.1/7209416 700 $aShirlow$b Peter, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01544344 701 $aShirlow$b Peter$01544344 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791915903321 996 $aAbandoning historical conflict$93798668 997 $aUNINA