Economic Assistance and Conflict Transformation: Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

ISBN-13: 9780415594813 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 224 str.

Sean Byrne;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This book examines the role of economic aid in the management and resolution of protracted ethnic conflicts, focusing on the case study of Northern Ireland. The book describes the results of a study of the role of economic aid within Northern Ireland, through the viewpoints of citizens collected in an opinion poll as well as community group leaders whose projects received funding, funding-agency civil servants and development officers. The study explains the importance of economic and social development in promoting cross-community contact as well as within single-identity communities, and the need for a multitrack intervention approach to transform the conflict in Northern Ireland. It makes an important contribution to our understanding of how economic assistance impacts on a divided society with a history of protracted violence and provides important perspectives on the 'peace through development' idea.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Economic Assistance: Building the Peace in Northern Ireland  2. Economic Inequality, Civil Rights, and Working-Class Politics in Northern Ireland  3. International Economic Assistance and the Economy of Northern Ireland  4. The Role of the International Fund for Ireland and the European Union Peace II Fund in Promoting Peace and Reducing Violence in Northern Ireland  5. Images of Bureaucratic Challenges  6. Images of Peacebuilding and Reconciliation  7. Images of Economic Development and Community Capacity Building  8. Conclusions: Economic Assistance and the Northern Ireland Conflict

O autorze

Sean Byrne is Professor and Founding Director of the Arthur Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba, and of Canada’s first Ph.D. program and M.A. program in Peace and Conflict Studies. He co-edited The Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (Routledge, 2009).