{"product_id":"theories-of-international-relations-and-northern-ireland-9781784995287","title":"Theories of International Relations and Northern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations. It investigates the process of negotiation that led to the signing of the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement and the continuing challenges to peace reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Incorporating the work of leading scholars, it explores a wide range of topics, including the function of deception in promoting peace, the question of partition and how it was reimagined by nationalists such as John Hume, and how the decommissioning process led to a role in internal policing for paramilitaries. The influence of outside actors - notably the United States and the European Union - is also considered, along with the involvement of the Catholic Church and the marginalization of women. This book will be important for academics interested in theories of international relations and to a wider public interested in understanding the Northern Ireland peace process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is a well-conceived book. It is valuable for specialists on the Northern Ireland con?ict and for those interested in exploring if and how international relations theories fare in the substantive analysis of complex cases of con?ict and settlement.’\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Todd, University College Dublin, International Studies Review, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The ‘real’ and ‘dirty’ politics of the Northern Ireland peace process: a constructivist\u003cbr\u003erealist critique of idealism and conservative realism\u003cbr\u003ePaul Dixon\u003cbr\u003e2 Issues, leaders, and regimes: reaching settlement in Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eAndrew P. Owsiak\u003cbr\u003e3 Under the gun: Northern Ireland’s unique history with DDR\u003cbr\u003eCarolyn Gallaher\u003cbr\u003e4 Assessing the importance of ideas and agency in the Northern Ireland peace process\u003cbr\u003eP. J. McLoughlin\u003cbr\u003e5 The role of licit and illicit transnational networks during the Troubles\u003cbr\u003eDevashree Gupta\u003cbr\u003e6 Gender, International Relations theory, and Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eMáire Braniff and Sophie Whiting\u003cbr\u003e7 ‘A serious moral question to be properly understood’: Catholic human rights discourse in Northern Ireland in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003eMaria Power\u003cbr\u003e8 Northern Ireland and the EU: applying a theory of multi-level governance\u003cbr\u003eMary C. Murphy\u003cbr\u003e9 Peace and the private sector: Northern Ireland’s regional experience of globalised trends\u003cbr\u003eKaty Hayward and Eoin Magennis\u003cbr\u003e10 Assessing external funding supports for the Northern Ireland peace process\u003cbr\u003eSandra Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e11 Cooperation theory and the Northern Ireland peace process\u003cbr\u003eTimothy J. White\u003cbr\u003e12 Responsibility, justice, and reconciliation in Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003eCillian McGrattan\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Northern Ireland and International Relations theory\u003cbr\u003eTimothy J. White\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042324513111,"sku":"9781784995287","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784995287.jpg?v=1750953913","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theories-of-international-relations-and-northern-ireland-9781784995287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}