Politics and Peace in Northern Ireland - Political Parties and the Implementation of the 1998 Agreement

Examines the Agreement and its implementation through the eyes of the four major parties - The Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP, Sinn Fein and the DUP - and considers the role of smaller parties in the region. Each interpreted the Agreement in different ways and continued to use the situation to pursue their own distinctive goals and aims.

List of contents

Introduction
1. A theory of post-Agreement Northern Ireland
2. Ulster Unionist Party
3. Social Democratic and Labour Party
4. Sinn Féin
5. Democratic Unionist Party
6. Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Conclusion
Index

About the author

David Mitchell is Associate Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast

Summary

Examines the Agreement and its implementation through the eyes of the four major parties – The Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP, Sinn Fein and the DUP – and considers the role of smaller parties in the region. Each interpreted the Agreement in different ways and continued to use the situation to pursue their own distinctive goals and aims. -- .

Product details

• Authors: David Mitchell
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781526122827
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2282-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education