Public Policy, Philanthropy and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
Title | Public Policy, Philanthropy and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Knox |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2016-05-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1137462698 |
This book examines the role played by one important external stakeholder, Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, in helping to build peace and promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is now referred to as a post-conflict society largely due to the absence of political violence and relatively stable political institutions. These are necessary but insufficient conditions for what Galtung has described as ‘positive peace’, which requires a more fundamental review of the structural inequalities that contributed to the conflict in the first place. Using detailed case studies the authors illustrate the role played by voluntary and community sector groups, funded by Atlantic Philanthropies, in influencing the public policy agenda and securing long term systemic changes. They also critique the work of Atlantic as a ‘pay to play’ organization whose original mission moved from funding the higher education sector on the island of Ireland to become a key foundation with a significant role in the peace process.
Transforming conflict through social and economic development
Title | Transforming conflict through social and economic development PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Buchanan |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2016-05-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526112302 |
Transforming conflict through social and economic development examines lessons learned from the Northern Ireland and Border Counties conflict transformation process through social and economic development and their consequent impacts and implications for practice and policymaking, with a range of functional recommendations produced for other regions emerging from and seeking to transform violent conflict. It provides, for the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the region’s transformation activity, largely amongst grassroots actors, enabled by a number of specific funding programmes, namely the International Fund for Ireland, Peace I, II and III and INTERREG I, II and IIIA. These programmes have been responsible for a huge increase in grassroots practice which to date has attracted virtually no academic analysis; this book seeks to fill this gap. In focusing on the politics of the socioeconomic activities that underpinned the elite negotiations of the peace process, key theoretical transformation concepts are firstly explored, followed by an examination of the social and economic context of Northern Ireland and the border counties. The three programmes and their impacts are then assessed before considering what policy lessons can be learned and what recommendations can be made for practice. This is underpinned by a range of semi-structured interviews and the author’s own experience as a project promoter through these programmes in the border counties for more than a decade. The book will be essential reading for students, practitioners and policymakers in the fields of peace and conflict studies, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, post-agreement reconstruction and the political economy of conflict and those interested in contemporary developments in the Northern Ireland peace process.
Building Peace in Northern Ireland
Title | Building Peace in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Power |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2011-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1846316596 |
Since the troubles began in the late 1960s, people in Northern Ireland have been working together to bring about a peaceful end to the conflict. Building Peace in Northern Irelandexamines the different forms of peace and reconciliation work that have taken place. Maria Power has brought together an international group of scholars to examine initiatives such as integrated education, faith-based peace building, cross-border cooperation, and women's activism, as well as the impact that government policy and European funding have had upon the development of peace and reconciliation organizations.
Anti-Sectarianism and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Title | Anti-Sectarianism and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Cillian McGrattan |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 145 |
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ISBN | 3031587723 |
The People’s Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Title | The People’s Peace Process in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | C. Irwin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2002-11-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 140391432X |
Many important lessons have come out of the negotiations for the Belfast Agreement. This book explains how public opinion polls were used in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. Significantly, it was the politicians who decided the questions so that they could map out areas of compromise and common ground that their supporters would accept. This book explains how the work was done so that others can apply the benefits of this experience to their own peace building activities.
Neoliberalism and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland
Title | Neoliberalism and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Hughes, Ciaran |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2021-09-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1447351185 |
Ciaran Hughes and Markus Ketola explore the consequences of neoliberal policies on the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland. They trace the changing relationships between government and voluntary organisations since the Good Friday Agreement and learn about the impact of neoliberal policies on governance, relationships and the peace process.
Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development
Title | Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development PDF eBook |
Author | John Eversley |
Publisher | Policy Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2022-11-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1447359356 |
How do local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North, the former Soviet bloc and Global South, on communities addressing conflict in divided and contested societies. The book draws on a range of critical perspectives and practitioner analyses. The diverse case studies demonstrate the considerable knowledge, skills, commitment, courage and relationships within local communities that a critical community development approach can support and encourage. Concluding with activists’ perspectives on working with the challenges of violence, the book offers insights for both an understanding of the root causes of conflict and for bottom-up peacebuilding.