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Tables of Contents for Guns and Government
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
viii
Acknowledgements
ix
x
Chronology of the Peace Process
xii
xvi
Introduction: a New Departure?
1
2
Peace processes - what are they?
3
1
Coming out of violence
4
1
The Northern Ireland peace process
5
4
Part I: The Peace Process: a Narrative
9
46
The Background to the Peace Process
11
18
What's the trouble anyway?
11
1
The people of Northern Ireland
12
2
The historical background
14
2
The Troubles
16
4
Building blocks for the peace process
20
5
First movements: 1990-94
25
4
Negotiating the Deal
29
12
Ceasefires and after, 1994-95
29
3
The collapse of the IRA ceasefire, February 1996
32
1
Dead-time, spring 1996-spring 1997
33
2
Parades
35
1
The Blair administration - May 1997
36
3
The final straight - spring 1998
39
2
Good Friday and After
41
14
The Good Friday Agreement, April 1998
41
1
Bedding in the Agreement, 1998-99
42
7
The Mitchell review - autumn 1999
49
2
Devolution - winter 1999-2001
51
4
Part II: The Peace Process: an Analysis
55
112
Swinging Door: the Politics and Negotiation of the Peace Process
57
29
Introduction
57
1
Part one: actors
58
14
Part two: structure and process
72
12
Discussion: what factors facilitated movement in the Northern Ireland peace process?
84
2
Guns and Government: Violence and the Peace Process
86
20
Introduction
86
1
A habit of violence
87
1
Violence and the peace process: changing patterns
88
2
Violence and the peace process: an analysis
90
13
Violence as a catalyst for peace
103
1
Discussion: why decommissioning became a problem
104
2
Third Parties: External Influences on the Peace Process
106
17
Introduction
106
1
Non-governmental influences
107
6
The United States government
113
4
The European Union
117
1
The example of other peace processes
118
2
Discusssion: what impact did external influences have on the peace process?
120
3
Peace Dividends and Peace Deficits: the Economics of the Peace Process
123
15
Introduction
123
1
Economics and the peace process
124
1
Northern Ireland: the years of violence
125
2
Direct grants
127
2
Increased investment
129
3
The fair employment issue
132
1
The security factor
133
1
Discussion: was there a peace dividend?
134
4
On the Ground: Public Opinion and the Peace Process
138
14
Public opinion and public behaviour
139
2
Civil society
141
5
The media
146
2
Discussion: top-down or bottom-up?
148
4
Poppies and Lilies: Symbolism and the Peace Process
152
15
Introduction
152
1
The role of symbols and symbolism in politics
153
2
Parades
155
1
Attacks on symbols
156
1
Appropriation
156
1
Anniversaries and victims
157
2
New opportunities
159
3
The Good Friday Agreement
162
1
Symbols of accord
163
2
Discussion: the continuing potency of symbols
165
2
Conclusion: a Broader Perspective on Northern Ireland's Peace Process
167
16
Introduction
167
1
What shaped the process?
168
6
Major and minor influences
174
2
What's new?
176
5
The need to synchronise
181
2
Notes
183
27
Bibliography
210
6
Index
216