Northern Ireland and the Politics of Reconciliation

'These are the ideas of the intellectual heavyweights who have shaped the thinking of a generation of governments and peoples about 25 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. Not surprisingly, it contains its share of thought-provoking gems.' The Irish Times

• Preface; Introduction Dermot Keogh and Michael Haltzel; Part I. The Irish Question: Historical Perspectives: 1. Anglo-Irish relations and Northern Ireland: historical perspectives Roy Foster; 2. A constitutional background to the Northern Ireland crisis Alan J. Ward; 3. Revising revisionism: comments and reflections Kerby A. Mille; 4. The Catholic church, minority rights, and the founding of the Northern Irish state Mary Harris; 5. The supreme law: public safety and state security in Northern Ireland Charles Townshend; Part II. The Politics Of Social And Political Division: 6. Dynamics of social and political change in Northern Ireland John Whyte; 7. Dynamics of social and political change in the Irish Republic Joseph Lee; 8. New forces for positive change in Ireland Edna McDonagh; 9. The institutional churches and the process of reconciliation in Northern Ireland: recent progress in Presbyterian-Roman Catholic relationships Josiah Horton Beeman and Robert Mahony; 10. The cultural issue in Northern Ireland, 1965–91 Terence Brown; Part III. In Search Of The Politics Of Reconciliation: 11. Conflict and Possibilities Donald L. Horowitz; 12. The origins and rationale of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 Garret Fitzgerald; 13. Ethnicity, the English, and Northern Ireland: comments and reflections Lord Armstrong; 14. The Anglo-Irish Agreement: a device for territorial management? Paul Arthur; 15. A new Ireland in a new Europe John Hume; Bibliography compiled by John Whyte; Index.