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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 |
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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 |