Description
Book SynopsisThe 25th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement provides an appropriate opportunity to re-examine its legacy because after its signing nothing was ever quite the same again. How and why that is so is the subject of this book.
The book provides new perspectives on how the Anglo-Irish Agreement influenced the nature and direction of the subsequent peace process by examining it through the key concepts of the Northern Ireland conflict. The objective is not only to understand the Anglo-Irish Agreement's momentary impact but also its status as an enduring moment of political modification.
By bringing together some of the most distinguished scholars in the field and by addressing the key challenges and possibilities which the Anglo-Irish Agreement bequeathed, this book will appeal to scholars and students of British and Irish politics, contemporary history, and peace and conflict studies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. The Anglo-Irish agreement: a constitutional moment? - Arthur Aughey & Cathy Gormley-Heenan
2. British government and sovereignty: balancing legal restrictions & political ambitions - Eamon O'Kane
3. Irish government and the agreement: a dynamic vehicle for change? - Paul Bew
4. Elite intent, public reaction and institutional change - Jennifer Todd
5. Unionism and consent: problems with a principle? - Thomas Hennessey
6. Nationalism and the Anglo-Irish agreement: equality, identity, and ideology - Cillian McGrattan
7. Republicanism and the peace process: the temptations of teleology - Henry Patterson
8. Loyalists: from killing to common sense - Jonathan Tonge
9. Europe and the agreement: beyond influence at the margins? - Elizabeth Meehan
10. Locating the agreement in evolving conflict theory - Gráinne Kelly
Appendix 1: the Anglo Irish agreement
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