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Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement

Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement

Mike Morrissey | Marie Smyth

(2002)

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Abstract

The difficulties that have dogged the Northern Ireland peace process and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement are rarely out of the headlines. This book gives an insight into one of the issues at stake for the people of Northern Ireland – the long-term impact of political violence on the civil population.

The result of extensive research among local communities, and drawing on survey and interview evidence, Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement sets this issue within the context of past conflict and the continuing sectarian violence of the present. In particular it presents the views of ordinary people about their personal experiences of political violence and the impact it has had upon their lives.

Moreover, it shows how the Troubles have affected the young people of the region, and looks at the problems facing a society coming out of a protracted period of low-intensity conflict.
'A timely and insightful overview of the challenges to constructing a peaceful civil society in Northern Ireland'
Irish Political Studies
'A grisly but scrupulous sociology of suffering which helps to explain why the peace process is racked with hostilities'
Tribune

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
List of Tables and Figures vi
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
Part I: Overview 1
1 Putting the Past in its Place: Issues of Victimhood and Reconciliation in the Northern Ireland Peace Process 3
Part II: Victims 19
2 Disaggregating the Troubles: The Importance of Place 21
3 A Special Kind of Victim: Sectarian Killing 45
4 The Young as Victims 64
Part III: Survey Results 87
5 Experiencing the Troubles 89
6 Severe Experience and Extreme Impact of the Troubles 119
7 The Troubles: The Experiences and Stories of Young People 148
Part IV: Conclusions 179
8 Truth, Justice and Closure 181
Appendix 1: Constructing a Database on Sectarian Assassination 190
Appendix 2: Background to the Northern Ireland Survey 194
Appendix 3: The Cost of the Troubles Study Questionnaire 204
Appendix 4: The YouthQuest 2000 Questionnaire 224
Bibliography 236
Index 240
Agnew, Fraser 13 13
Altmore 41 41
Altnagelvin 38 38
Andrews, Irene 57 57
anti-Catholicism, sanctioned 58
58 58
61 61
Apprentice Boys march 37