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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Arthur Aughey |
ISBN: | 0415327873 9780415327879 0415327881 9780415327886 9780203022207 0203022203 |
OCLC Number: | 55962335 |
Description: | vii, 207 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Conditions -- Fate and choice -- Fate and choice -- Iron cage and self-construction -- Process and action -- Means and ends -- Nostalgia and imagination -- Conservatism and radicalism -- Winning and losing -- Insight and vision -- Transition and transformation -- Modifications -- New ideas and old arguments -- Inwardness and outwardness -- Democratic transformation -- Historic compromise -- The Belfast Agreement: archaeology and exposition -- The archaeology of the Agreement -- Institutions of the Belfast Agreement -- New beginning and modification of circumstances -- Agreement: duck or rabbit? -- A new beginning -- Modification of circumstances -- Consequences -- Anxiety and expectation -- Unionist expectation -- Anxiety of process -- Anxiety of influence -- Nationalist expectation -- Anxiety of frustration -- Anxiety of impatience -- Lies noble and ignoble -- The noble lie -- Constructive ambiguity -- Axioms and maxims -- For better and for worse -- Narrative of progress -- Narrative of regress -- Verschlimmbesserung: for better and for worse. |
Responsibility: | Arthur Aughey. |
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Abstract:
Provides an examination of the post-Belfast agreement political landscape by one of the leading authorities on contemporary Northern Ireland politics. In an accessible style, this book explores: whether the peace process is still valid; the problems caused by the language of politics in Northern Ireland; and more.
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'This is a provocative and well argued book ... A useful addition to the literature on Irish politics.' - West European Politics, Vol. 29'This persuasive and tightly argued book looks at the historical context in which decisions are taken and views formed.' - Contemporary Review Read more...
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