Peace Settlements and Political Transformation in Divided Societies - Rethinking Northern Ireland and South Africa

Peace Settlements and Political Transformation in Divided Societies examines what happened to Northern Ireland and South Africa after their miraculous political settlements in the 1990s, in which comparison between the two cases played a small but significant role.

List of contents

1. A Brief History of the Comparison 2. Overcoming Intractable Conflicts Part I: Northern Ireland 3. Implementation 4. Consolidation 5. External Challenges Part II: South Africa 6. Reconciliation 7. Party Battles 8. Internal Challenges Part III: Comparison 9. Framing the Cases 10. Conclusion Postscript: Desmond Tutu and the Northern Ireland Peace Process

About the author

Adrian Guelke is Professor Emeritus in Comparative Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He is attached to the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics. He edited Nationalism and Ethnic Politics from 2010 to 2018.

Summary

Peace Settlements and Political Transformation in Divided Societies examines what happened to Northern Ireland and South Africa after their miraculous political settlements in the 1990s, in which comparison between the two cases played a small but significant role.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Guelke, Adrian (Queens University Belfast Guelke, Adrian (Queen''s University Belfast Guelke, Guelke Adrian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032119878
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211987-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Northern Ireland, Republic of South Africa, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999