Northern Ireland
The Politics of War and Peace
Dixon, Paul
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BOOK SUMMARY
A comprehensively revised and updated second edition of a lively introduction to the nature and politics of the Northern Ireland conflict and of successive attempts to resolve it.
Submit a book reviewBOOK SYNOPSIS
Clearly and accessibly written and based on original research, Paul Dixon's book provides a lively introduction to the nature and politics of the Northern Ireland conflict and of successive attempts to resolve it. The comprehensively revised second edition has been updated to take account of new information throughout and an entirely new chapter has been added on implementing the Good Friday Agreement.
AUTHOR BIO
PAUL DIXON is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Kingston.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction * The Approach and Argument * The Inevitability of Irish Unity? * The Civil Rights Movement * The Crisis of British Policy Over Northern Ireland 1968-73 * The First Peace Process 1972-74 * The Limits of British Policy 1974-81 * The Anglo-Irish Agreement * Endgame?: The Origins of the Second Peace Process 1988-94 * Bridging the Gap?: The Second Peace Process 1994-1998 * Implementing the Good Friday Agreement: Endgame or Stalemate? * Conclusion Introduction * The Approach and Argument * The Inevitability of Irish Unity? * The Civil Rights Movement * The Crisis of British Policy Over Northern Ireland 1968-73 * The First Peace Process 1972-74 * The Limits of British Policy 1974-81 * The Anglo-Irish Agreement * Endgame?: The Origins of the Second Peace Process 1988-94 * Bridging the Gap?: The Second Peace Process 1994-1998 * Implementing the Good Friday Agreement: Endgame or Stalemate? * Conclusion
BOOK REVIEWS
Praise for the first edition:
"Required reading for all courses on Irish politics."--Arthur Aughey, Parliamentary Affairs
"An excellent survey... that will be particularly useful to students studying the conflict."--Christopher Reeves, Political Studies
"Dixon writes well and offers a fair-minded treatment of a complex subject. This will be a popular book with undergraduates."--Jonathan Tonge, University of Salford
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0230507794
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230507791
Dewey Decimal: 941.6
Library of Congress: 2008020978
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 405
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