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Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
In Defence of Politics
Author: Dixon Paul
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Publication date: 02-2019
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Publication date: 06-2018
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1. Introduction.- 2. In Defence of ‘Real’ Politics.- 3. Politics as theatre.- 4. ‘A Tragedy beyond Words’: Interpreting British policy towards Northern Ireland.- 5. Were the IRA defeated?.- 6. Theatrical politics and political skills.- 7. The Labour Government, ‘Dirty Politics’ and the Belfast Agreement.- 8. Defending the political morality of the peace process.- 9. ‘Peace within the realms of the possible?’ David Trimble, Unionist ideology and theatrical politics.- 10. All the world’s a stage.- 11. Conclusion: Interpreting the peace process and the future of Northern Ireland.
Paul Dixon is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. He was Professor of Politics and International Studies at Kingston University, UK (2005-17). He also taught at Queen’s University Belfast, Luton, Leeds and Ulster (1997-2005). He has 30 years of experience researching the conflict in Northern Ireland and has published Northern Ireland: The Politics of War and Peace (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001; 2nd edition 2008), and edited The British Approach to Counterinsurgency (Palgrave Macmillan 2012). He has published nearly 40 academic articles and over 20 book chapters mainly on the Northern Ireland conflict, conflict management and war.
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