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List of boxes | |
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List of tables | |
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Introduction | |
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Chapter outline | |
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A study guide | |
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Theoretical Perspectives on the Northern Ireland Conflict | |
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The ethno-national conflict | |
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The concept of identity in Northern Ireland | |
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Marxist accounts | |
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The colonial interpretation | |
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Consociational theory | |
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Background to the Conflict | |
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The historical context | |
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Home Rule and partition | |
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The Stormont regime | |
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The civil rights movement | |
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Onset of 'the Troubles' | |
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Communal divisions | |
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Political Parties and Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland | |
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Ulster Unionist Party | |
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Democratic Unionist Party | |
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Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
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Sinn Fein | |
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | |
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Progressive Unionist Party | |
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Republican paramilitaries | |
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Loyalist paramilitaries | |
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Finding a Solution: from Sunningdale to the Framework Documents | |
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Introduction of direct rule | |
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Sunningdale Agreement and Executive 1973-4 | |
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Rolling devolution 1982 | |
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Anglo-Irish Agreement 1985 | |
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Brooke-Mayhew talks 1991-2 | |
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Downing Street Declaration 1993 | |
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Framework Documents 1995 | |
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British and Irish Government Policy | |
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The British Government: cause of the conflict or neutral arbiter? | |
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The British Government and republicanism | |
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The British Government and unionism | |
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The Irish Government: the irredentism claim | |
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The 'pan-nationalist front' | |
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The Irish Government and unionism | |
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British and Irish convergence | |
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Peace Process to Good Friday Agreement | |
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From negotiations to a deal | |
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The Good Friday Agreement: an 'historic' deal | |
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Support for the Agreement | |
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Opposition to the Agreement | |
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Institutional Framework of the Agreement | |
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The Northern Ireland Assembly | |
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The Executive | |
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North-south cooperation | |
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East-west relations | |
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The decommissioning stalemate | |
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Police reform | |
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Towards Restored Devolution | |
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Devolution in the UK | |
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Suspension and stalemate | |
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Review of the Agreement | |
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St Andrews Agreement 2006 | |
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Northern Ireland Assembly election March 2007 | |
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Return to power sharing | |
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Notes | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |