Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation

A comprehensive analysis of the issues surrounding the conflict in Norther Ireland by leading academic and political figures.

Dermot Keogh (Edited by), Michael H. Haltzel (Edited by)

9780521459334, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 January 1994

280 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.63 kg

'This is a very interesting, well edited book containing many useful essays … Experts such as Charles Townshend and Joe Lee are in good form; its cultural survey by Terence Brown is worth the price of admission.' Irish Studies Review

This collection adds to the extensive literature on Northern Ireland and Ireland by bringing together the leading academic and political figures working in the field and offering a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the historical process. The topics discussed include the remote and proximate causes of the conflict, fresh developments within the two states on the island, the role of the Roman Catholic Church, the rise of the ecumenical movement and the impact of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement on the triangular relationship between Dublin, Belfast and London. The volume concludes with an evaluation of likely impact of membership of the European Community on the conflict in Northern Ireland. The contributors to this book do not offer any easy solutions but provide a context in which the problem may be better understood by the international scholarly community and by the interested general reader.

Preface
Introduction Dermot Keogh and Michael Haltzel
Part I. The Irish Question: Historical Perspectives: 1. Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland: historical perspectives Roy Foster
2. A constitutional background to the Northern Ireland crisis Alan J. Ward
3. Revising revisionism: comments and reflections Kerby A. Mille
4. The Catholic church, minority rights, and the founding of the Northern Irish state Mary Harris
5. The supreme law: public safety and state security in Northern Ireland Charles Townshend
Part II. The Politics Of Social And Political Division: 6. Dynamics of social and political change in Northern Ireland John Whyte
7. Dynamics of social and political change in the Irish Republic Joseph Lee
8. New forces for positive change in Ireland Edna McDonagh
9. The institutional churches and the process of reconciliation in Northern Ireland: recent progress in Presbyterian-Roman Catholic relationships Josiah Horton Beeman and Robert Mahony
10. The cultural issue in Northern Ireland, 1965–91 Terence Brown
Part III. In Search Of The Politics Of Reconciliation: 11. Conflict and Possibilities Donald L. Horowitz
12. The origins and rationale of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 Garret Fitzgerald
13. Ethnicity, the English, and Northern Ireland: comments and reflections Lord Armstrong
14. The Anglo-Irish Agreement: a device for territorial management? Paul Arthur
15. A new Ireland in a new Europe John Hume
Bibliography compiled by John Whyte
Index.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]