Michael Cox is Professor of International Relations at the LSE. Adrian Guelke is Professor of Comparative Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict at The Queen’s University of Belfast. Fiona Stephen has recently completed a study on the politics of integrated education in Northern Ireland based on her doctoral research undertaken at The Queen’s University of Belfast

• Introduction: A farewell to arms? Beyond the Good Friday Agreement - Michael Cox, Adrian Guelke, and Fiona StephenPART ONE. From ‘Long War’ to long peace1. Lost lives: Victims and the construction of victimhood’ in Northern Ireland - Marie Smyth2. The background to the Irish peace process - Martin Mansergh3. From war to uneasy peace in Northern Ireland - Caroline Kennedy-Pipe4. Myths of consociationalism: From Good Friday to political impasse - Paul BewPART TWO. The politics of the Good Friday Agreement5. Polarisation or new moderation? Party politics since the Good Friday Agreement - Jon Tonge6. The 1998 Agreement: Three unionist anxieties - Arthur Aughey7. The SDLP- governing with uncertainty - Sean Farren8. Irish republicanism and the peace process: From revolution to reform - Roger MacGinty9. Noises off: Loyalists after the Agreement - Gordon GillespiePART THREE. Agreement at the crossroads10. A farewell to arms? Decommissioning and the peace process - Colin McInnes11. New beginnings? Policing and human rights after the conflict - Brice Dickson12. The totality of relationships? The British / Irish Council - Stephen Hopkins13.`A ‘most difficult and unpalatable part’ – the release of politically motivated violent offenders - Michael von Tangen Page14. A truce rather a treaty? The effect of violence on the Irish peace process - John DarbyPART FOUR. Civil Society 15. Segregation, ethno-sectarianism and the ‘new’ Belfast - Peter Shirlow16. Constitutionalism, civil society and democratic renewal in Northern Ireland - John Morison17. Two cheers for the NGOs: Building peace from below in Northern Ireland - Feargal Cochrane18. Integrated schools: Myths, hopes and prospect - Fiona Stephen19 Whatever happened to the women? Gender and peace in Northern Ireland - Kate Fearon20 From ‘long war’ to ‘war of the lillies’: ‘Post-conflict’ territorial compromise and the return of cultural politics - Cathal McCallPART FIVE. Bringing in the international 21 From Anglo-Irish to British-Irish relations - Paul Gillespie22 Europe and the europeanisation of the Irish Question - Elizabeth Meehan23 The new American connection: President George W. Bush and Northern Ireland - John Dumbrell24 Political comparisons: From Johannesburg to Jerusalem - Adrian Guelke25 Learning from other places: Northern Ireland, the Basque Country and Corsica - Francesco Letamendia and John Loughlin26 Peace processes in the late twentieth century and beyond a mixed record - Fred Halliday27. Rethinking the international: A critique - Paul Dixon28. Rethinking the international: A defence - Michael Cox Conclusion: Peace after the Good Friday Agreement? - Adrian Guelke, Michael Cox, and Fiona StephenAppendices1. Chronology of Northern Ireland from war to peace2. The Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement) 10 April 19983. ‘Towards A Lasting Peace’, Sinn Fein document, 1992 (extract)4. Joint Declaration on Peace (Downing Street Declaration), 15 December 19935. A personal message from Rt. Hon. Sir Patrick Mayhew, December 19936. The TUAS (Tactical Use of Armed Struggle) document circulated by Republican leadership, summer 19947. IRA ceasefire statement, 31, August 19948. Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) ceasefire statement, 13 October 19949. A new framework for agreement 1995 10. The Mitchell principles, January 1996 (extract)11. IRA ceasefire statement, 19 July 199712. ‘Propositions on Heads of Agreement’ issued by British and Irish governments, 12 January 199813. The Hillsborough statement, 1 April 199914. ‘The Way Forward’ joint statement by British and Irish governments at Stormont, 2 July 199915. Statement issued by the IRA, 21 July 199916. Statement by Senator George Mitchell concluding the review of the Northern Ireland peace process, 18 November 199917. ‘IRA Statement on Arms Inspection’ 26 June 2000. 18. Joint statement by British and Irish governments, 25 June 2004 19. Gerry Adams review of the Good Friday Agreement, 3 February 2004. 20. Speech by David Trimble, 27 March 200421. Devolution now: Democratic unionist Party (extracts) 5 February 2004

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