Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland: From Sunningdale to St Andrews

Description: Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland: From Sunningdale to St Andrews [Hardcover] Coakley, John and Todd, Jennifer Product Overview Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland: From Sunningdale to St Andrews uses original material from witness seminars, elite interviews, and archive documents to explore the shape taken by the Irish peace process, and in particular to analyse the manner in which successful stages of this were negotiated. Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement of 1998 marked the end a 30-year conflict that had witnessed more than 3,000 deaths, thousands of injuries, catastrophic societal damage, and large-scale economic dislocation. This book traces the roots of the Agreement over the decades, stretching back to the Sunningdale conference of 1973 and extending up to at least the St Andrews Agreement of 2006. It describes the changing relationship between parties to the conflict (nationalist and unionist groups within Northern Ireland, and the Irish and British governments) and identifies three dimensions of significant change: new ways of implementing the concept of sovereignty, growing acceptance of power sharing, and the steady emergence of substantial equality in the socio-economic, cultural, and political domains. As well as placing this in the context of an extensive social science literature, the book innovates by looking at the manner in which those most closely involved understood the process in which they were engaged. The authors reproduce testimonies from witness seminars and interviews involving central actors, including former prime ministers, ministers, senior officials, and political advisors. They conclude that the outcome was shaped by a distinctive interaction between the conscious planning of these elites and changing demographic and political realities that themselves were, in a symbiotic way, consequences of decisions made in earlier years. They also note the extent to which this settlement has come under pressure from new notions of sovereignty implicit in the Brexit process. Read more Details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (March 30, 2020) Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 618 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198841388 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 88 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.11 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.31 inches Best Sellers Rank: #7,243,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9,028 in Weapons & Warfare History (Books) #12,178 in European History (Books) #16,001 in European Politics Books #9,028 in Weapons & Warfare History (Books) #12,178 in European History (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.

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