Guelke, Adrian(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2002)
The paper examines the impact of two major events in the international system on the peace process: the end of the Cold War and the attack on America on 11 September 2001. The thesis first advanced by Michael Cox that ...
The challenge of dealing with diversity within democracy and of creating a new
political culture in a divided society is the starting point of this paper. Using theories of recognition, these questions are examined in ...
A political perspective:
The idea of “northern” nationalism is a questionable one, since the nationalist tradition within Northern Ireland sees itself in an island-wide context. From its origins in the civil rights ...
A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE:
The core principles on which Irish republicanism is based include commitments to popular sovereignty and to unity between the people of the island of Ireland. The struggle of republican leaders ...
A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE:
Although loyalism in its modern sense has been around since the 1920s, it acquired its present shape only at the beginning of the 1970s. Then it was reborn in paramilitary form, and was used by ...
Coakley, John(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2002)
This paper examines the extent and nature of institutional change arising from the Good Friday agreement in terms of the North-South dimension. The paper adopts an architectural analogy in its analysis of these developments, ...
REDEFINING UNIONISM : A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
The main unionist political demand in the years immediately after 1972 was for the return of the Northern Ireland parliament based on the principle of majority rule. ...
A political perspective:
This paper reflects on the challenges and difficult contexts which hindered the process of negotiation that resulted in the Good Friday agreement. Problems included past political experiences, the ...
This paper examines the functioning of the North-South implementation bodies formally
created in 1999 over the first five years of their existence. It reviews the political
and administrative difficulties that delayed ...
A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE:
The current difficulties in the peace process need to be addressed as a matter of urgency. Although the two governments claim that the IRA is the only obstacle to a lasting settlement, the reality ...