1 Introduction
Notes 1 Introduction 1. For an understanding of the background to the Northern Ireland conflict see Paul Bew and Gordon Gillespie, Northern Ireland: A Chronology of the Troubles 1968–1999 (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1999); Brendan O’Leary and John McGarry, Explaining Northern Ireland (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995); and Jennifer Todd and Joseph Ruane, The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Power, Conflict and Emancipation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996). 2. Inter-party talks were launched by the Secretary of State, Peter Brooke, in January 1990. These continued after the 1992 British general election under Sir Patrick Mayhew. See David Bloomfield, Political Dialogue in Northern Ireland: The Brooke Initiative, 1989–1992 (London: Macmillan, 1998). 3. The Agreement was unofficially dubbed the ‘Good Friday Agreement’ because it was signed on Good Friday, two days before Easter Sunday. However, the Agreement is also referred to as the ‘Belfast Agreement’ because it was signed in Belfast. The official document is simply titled ‘The Agreement’. 4. Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse, Contemporary Conflict Resolution (Oxford: Polity Press, 1999) p. 154. 5. See Cynthia Arnson, ed., Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America (Cali- fornia; Stanford University Press, 1999); John Darby and Roger MacGinty, eds, The Management of Peace Processes (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000); John Darby and Roger MacGinty, Contemporary Peace Making: Conflict, Viol- ence and Peace Processes (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict (Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001); and Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall, eds, Managing Global Chaos: Sources of and Responses to International Conflict (Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996).
[Show full text]