The dynamics of conflict in Northern Ireland : power, conflict, and emancipation

This Book Offers A Uniquely Comprehensive Account Of The Conflict In Northern Ireland, Providing A Rigorous Analysis Of Its Dynamics And Present Structure And Proposing A New Approach To Its Resolution. It Deals With Historical Process, Communal Relations, Ideology, Politics, Economics And Culture And With The Wider British, Irish And International Contexts. It Reveals At Once The Enormous Complexity Of The Conflict And Shows How It Is Generated By A Particular System Of Relationships Which Can Be Precisely And Clearly Described. The Book Proposes An Emancipatory Approach To The Resolution Of The Conflict, Conceived As The Dismantling Of This System Of Relationships. Although Radical, This Approach Is Already Implicit In The Converging Understandings Of The British And Irish Governments Of The Causes Of Conflict. The Authors Argue That Only Much More Determined Pursuit Of An Emancipatory Approach Will Allow An Agreed Political Settlement To Emerge. -- Provided By Publisher. 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Formations -- 3. The Reconstruction Of Communal Division -- 4. Ideology And Conflict -- 5. The Dynamics Of Conflict: Politics -- 6. The Dynamics Of Conflict: The Economy -- 7. The Dynamics Of Conflict: Culture -- 8. The British Context Of The Northern Ireland Conflict -- 9. The Republic Of Ireland And The Conflict In Northern Ireland -- 10. The International Context -- 11. An Emancipatory Approach To The Conflict. Joseph Ruane And Jennifer Todd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 326-350) And Indexes.

This book provides a comprehensive and original interpretation of the Northern Ireland conflict. It situates the conflict firmly in its Irish, British and wider international contexts, showing how the sharp conflicts of interest are generated by deep-set structures and relations within Britain and Ireland. The authors argue that only a systematic and determined policy on the part of the British and Irish governments to dismantle the system of relations that produces conflict can fulfill the potential of the peace process and allow an agreed political settlement to emerge.