Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of boxes viii
4. List of tables ix
5. Introduction
6. Intro 1
7. Chapter outline 2
8. A study guide 6
9. 1 Theoretical Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Conflict
10. Introduction 7
11. The ethno-national conflict 8
12. The concept of identity in Northern Ireland 10
13. Marxist accounts 14
14. The colonial interpretation 15
15. Consociational theory 16
16. 2 Background to the Conflict
17. Introduction 21
18. The historical context 22
19. Home Rule and partition 24
20. The Stormont regime 28
21. The civil rights movement 31
22. Onset of ‘the Troubles’ 36
23. Communal divisions 38
24. 3 Political Parties and Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
25. Introduction 44
26. Ulster Unionist Party 45
27. Democratic Unionist Party 48
28. Social Democratic and Labour Party 52
29. Sinn Féin 56
30. Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 60
31. Progressive Unionist Party 62
32. Republican paramilitaries 63
33. Loyalist paramilitaries 67
34. 4 Finding a Solution: from Sunningdale to the Framework Documents
35. Introduction 71
36. Introduction of direct rule 72
37. Sunningdale Agreement and Executive 1973–4 74
38. Rolling devolution 1982 77
39. Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985 79
40. Brooke–Mayhew talks 1991–2 82
41. Downing Street Declaration 1993 83
42. Framework Documents 1995 86
43. 5 British and Irish Government Policy
44. Introduction 91
45. The British Government: cause of the conflict or neutral arbiter? 92
46. The British Government and republicanism 97
47. The British Government and unionism 100
48. The Irish Government: the irredentism claim 102
49. The ‘pan-nationalist front’ 106
50. The Irish Government and unionism 108
51. British and Irish convergence 111
52. 6 Peace Process to Good Friday Agreement
53. Introduction 114
54. From negotiations to a deal 115
55. The Good Friday Agreement: an ‘historic’ deal 119
56. Support for the Agreement 123
57. Opposition to the Agreement 126
58. 7 Institutional Framework of the Agreement
59. Introduction 132
60. Strand One: the Northern Ireland Assembly 133
61. Strand One: the Executive 138
62. Strand Two: north–south cooperation 145
63. Strand Three: east–west relations 147
64. The decommissioning stalemate 149
65. Police reform 151
66. 8 Towards Restored Devolution
67. Introduction 157
68. Devolution in the UK 158
69. Suspension and stalemate 160
70. Review of the Agreement 163
71. St Andrews Agreement 2006 166
72. Northern Ireland Assembly election March 2007 169
73. Return to power sharing 172
74. Notes 178
75. Bibliography 187
76. Index 191