LEADER 03974nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910806904403321 005 20240417021954.0 010 $a1-84964-340-7 010 $a1-281-87876-6 010 $a9786611878764 010 $a1-4356-9075-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000705296 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000111179 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111179 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10074692 035 $a(PQKB)10620686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386521 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386521 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480158 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL187876 035 $a(OCoLC)666952998 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000705296 100 $a20080520d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond the wire $eformer prisoners and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland /$fPeter Shirlow and Kieran McEvoy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, Mich. $cPluto Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2631-5 311 $a0-7453-2632-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context -- Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context -- The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups -- Imprisonment and the Post- Imprisonment Experience -- Residual Criminalisation and its Effects -- Community and Conflict -- Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Confl ict Transformation -- Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $bThis book provides the first detailed examination of the role played by former loyalist and republican prisoners in grass roots conflict transformation work in the Northern Ireland peace process. It challenges the assumed passivity of former prisoners and ex-combatants. Instead, it suggests that such individuals and the groups which they formed have been key agents of conflict transformation. They have provided leadership in challenging cultures of violence, developed practical methods of resolving inter-communal conflict and found ways for communities to explore their troubled past. In analysing this, the authors challenge the sterile demonisation of former prisoners and the processes that maintain their exclusion from normal civic and social life. The book is a constructive reminder of the need for full participation of both former combatants and victims in post-conflict transformation. It also lays out a new agenda for reconciliation which suggests that conflict transformation can and should begin 'from the extremes'. The book will be of interest to students of criminology, peace and conflict studies, law and politics, geography and sociology as well as those with a particular interest in the Northern Ireland conflict. 517 3 $aFormer prisoners and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland 606 $aEx-convicts$xPolitical activity$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aPolitical prisoners$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aConflict management$zNorthern Ireland 606 $aPolitical violence$zNorthern Ireland 607 $aNorthern Ireland$xPolitics and government$y1994- 615 0$aEx-convicts$xPolitical activity 615 0$aPolitical prisoners 615 0$aConflict management 615 0$aPolitical violence 676 $a364.809416 700 $aShirlow$b Peter$01544344 701 $aMcEvoy$b Kieran$01620435 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806904403321 996 $aBeyond the wire$93953193 997 $aUNINA