Theories of International Relations and Northern Ireland

by Timothy J. White (Editor)

Overview

This book uses the case of Northern Ireland to evaluate theoretical approaches in international relations. It investigates the process of negotiation that led to the signing of the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement and the continuing challenges to peace reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Incorporating the work of leading scholars, it explores a wide range of topics, including the function of deception in promoting peace, the question of partition and how it was reimagined by nationalists such as John Hume, and how the decommissioning process led to a role in internal policing for paramilitaries. The influence of outside actors - notably the United States and the European Union - is also considered, along with the involvement of the Catholic Church and the marginalization of women. This book will be important for academics interested in theories of international relations and to a wider public interested in understanding the Northern Ireland peace process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526113962
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	01/29/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Timothy J. White is Professor of Political Science at Xavier University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Timothy J. White

2. The 'real' and 'dirty' politics of the Northern Ireland peace process: a constructivist realist critique of idealism and conservative realism - Paul Dixon

3. Issues, leaders, and regimes: reaching settlement in Northern Ireland- Andrew P. Owsiak

4. Under the gun: Northern Ireland's unique history with DDR - Carolyn Gallaher

5. Assessing the importance of ideas and agency in the Northern Ireland peace process - P. J. McLoughlin

6. The role of licit and illicit transnational networks during the Troubles - Devashree Gupta

7. Gender, international relations theory, and Northern Ireland - M ire Braniff and Sophie Whiting

8. 'A serious moral question to be properly understood': Catholic human rights discourse in Northern Ireland in the 1980s - Maria Power

9. Northern Ireland and the EU: Applying a theory of multi-level governance - Mary C. Murphy

10. Peace and the private sector: Northern Ireland's regional experience of globalised trends - Katy Hayward and Eoin Magennis

11. Assessing external funding supports for the Northern Ireland peace process - Sandra Buchanan

12. Cooperation theory and the Northern Ireland peace process - Timothy J. White

13. Responsibility, justice and reconciliation in Northern Ireland - Cillian McGrattan

14. Conclusion: Northern Ireland and IR theory - Timothy J. White

Index

Editorial Reviews

‘This is a well-conceived book. It is valuable for specialists on the Northern Ireland conflict and for those interested in exploring if and how international relations theories fare in the substantive analysis of complex cases of conflict and settlement.’
Jennifer Todd, UniversityCollege Dublin, International Studies Review, 2019

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