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"How did the British government and civil service shape the Northern Ireland peace process? What kinds of tensions and debates were being played out between the two governments and the various parties in Northern Ireland? Addressing texts, negotiations, dialogues, space, leverage, strategy, amb...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"How did the British government and civil service shape the Northern Ireland peace process? What kinds of tensions and debates were being played out between the two governments and the various parties in Northern Ireland? Addressing texts, negotiations, dialogues, space, leverage, strategy, ambiguity, interpersonal relations and convergence, this is the first volume to examine how senior British officials and civil servants worked to bring about power-sharing in Northern Ireland. With a unique format featuring self-authored inside accounts and interview testimonies, it examines a spectrum of areas and issues which came into play during the dialogues and negotiations which led to political agreement in Northern Ireland. A compelling insight into what actually happened inside the negotiating room and how the British tried to shape the course of negotiations"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 353 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781107617506 1107617502 9781107042872 1107042879 |
| Index Number: | JZ5584 |
| CLC: | D756.132-09 |
| Call Number: | D756.132-09/B862 |
| Contents: | 1. The terrain of discourse -- 2. The Anglo-Irish Agreement: an interview with Sir David Goodall and Lord Armstrong of Ilminster -- 3. The constitutional issue in Irish politics -- 4. Negotiations and positions: an interview with Sir John Chilcot -- 5. Resolving inter-communal conflict: some enabling factors -- 6. Tactics, strategy and space -- 7. The joint declaration and memory -- 8. Movement and transition in 1997: Major to Blair -- 9. The challenge of symmetry in dialogue: an interview with Sir Joseph Pilling -- 10. Why was the Good Friday Agreement so hard to implement? Lessons from Groundhog Day, 1998-2002 -- 11. Text and context: an interview with William Fittall -- 12. The nature of dialogue: an interview with Sir Jonathan Phillips -- 13. Managing the tensions of difference: an interview with Jonathan Powell. |