Shirlow / Tonge / McAuley Abandoning historical conflict?

Former political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-343-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Most accounts of the peace process are ‘top-down’, relying upon the views of political elites. This book is ‘bottom-up’, analysing the voices of those who actually ‘fought the war’. What made them fight, why did they stop and what are the lessons for other conflict zones?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shirlow, Peter

Tonge, Jon

McAuley, James

McGlynn, Catherine

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland
2. Former prisoners in a global context
3. Political views and understandings
4. Imprisonment, ideological development and change
5. Political and tactical change among former prisoners
6. Conflict transformation and perceptions of the ‘other’
7. Former prisoners and societal reconstruction
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Shirlow Peter:

Peter Shirlow is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen’s University BelfastTonge Jon:

Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of LiverpoolMcAuley James:

James McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of HuddersfieldMcGlynn Catherine:

James McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of HuddersfieldJames McAuley is Professor of Sociology and Irish Studies at the University of Huddersfield