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Zusatztext While articulating an overall commitment to consociational theory, McGarry and O'Leary make important advances by considering the possibilities of coerced consociationalism in the context of Northern Ireland. With considerable comparative discussion of other theoretical approaches, the authors have produced an essential addition to the literature. Klappentext This book collects some of the major essays by two of the leading authorities on the Northern Ireland conflict. It is unified by the theory of consociation, one of the most influential theories in the regulation of conflicts. The authors are critical exponents of the approach, and severalchapters explain its attractions over alternative forms of conflict regulation. The book explains why Northern Ireland's national divisions have made the achievement of a consociational agreement particularly difficult. The issues raised in the book are crucial to a proper understanding of Northern Ireland's past and future, which, the authors argue, is likely to involve some type of consociational democracy, whether or not the one agreed to on Good Friday 1998. The issues addressed are not particular to Northern Ireland. They are relevant to a host of other divided territories, including Cyprus, Kossovo, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. The book is therefore vital reading not just for Northern Ireland specialists but for anyoneinterested in consociation and in the just and durable regulation of national and ethnic conflict. Zusammenfassung This book collects some of the major essays, past and new, of two of the leading authorities on the Northern Ireland conflict. It is unified by the theory of consociation, one of the most influential theories in the regulation of conflicts. The authors are critical exponents of the approach, and several chapters explain its attractions over alternative forms of conflict regulation. The book explains why Northern Ireland's national divisions have made the achievement of a consociational agreement particularly difficult. The issues raised in the book are crucial to a proper understanding of Northern Ireland's past and future, which, the authors argue, is likely to involve some type of consociational democracy, whether or not the one agreed to on Good Friday ..... The issues addressed are not particular to Northern Ireland. They are relevant to a host of other divided territories, including Cyprus, Kosovo, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. The book is therefore vital reading not just for Northern Ireland specialists, but also for anyone interested in consociation and in the just and durable regulation of national and ethnic conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary: Introduction: Consociational Theory and Northern Ireland 2: Brendan O'Leary: The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Folly or Statecraft? 3: Brendan O'Leary: The Limits to Coercive Consociationalism in Northern Ireland 4: John McGarry: Comparing Northern Ireland 5: John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary: Five Fallacies: Northern Ireland and the Liabilities of Liberalism 6: Brendan O'Leary: The Labour Government and Northern Ireland, 1974-9 7: Brendan O'Leary: The Conservative Stewardship of Northern Ireland 1979-97: Sound-Bottomed Contradictions or Slow Learning? 8: John McGarry: Political Settlements in Northern Ireland and South Africa 9: Brendan O'Leary: The Nature of the Agreement 10: John McGarry: Globalization, European Integration, and the Northern Ireland Conflict 11: John McGarry: 'Democracy' in Northern Ireland: Experiments in Self-rule from the Protestant Ascendancy to the Good Friday Agreement 12: Brendan O'Leary: The Protection of Human Rights Under the Belfast Agreement 13: John McGarry: The Politics of Policing Reform in Northern Ireland Bibliography of Writings by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary on Irish Politics, 1985-2003 ...
