Further reading
The peace process and the Belfast Agreement
Civil Society and the Agreement
Electronic resources
The peace process and the Belfast Agreement
Bew, P. & Gillespie, P. The Northern Ireland Peace Process 1993–1996: A Chronology. Serif, London, 1996
Cox, Michael, Adrian Guelke & Fiona Stephen (eds.) A Farewell to Arms? From 'Long War' to Long Peace in Northern Ireland (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000).
Fordham International Law Journal The Belfast Agreement. vol. 22, no. 4, April 1999
Gilligan, C. & Tonge, J. (eds.) Peace or War? Understanding the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. Ashgate, Aldershot, 1997
Hennessey, Thomas. The Northern Ireland Peace Process: Ending the Troubles? (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2000).
Mallie, E. & McKittrick, D. The Fight for Peace: The Secret Story Behind the Irish Peace Process. Heinemann, London, 1996
Mac Ginty, Roger, & John Darby. Guns and government: the Management of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002).
McCartney, R. The McCartney Report on Consent. UKUP, Belfast, 1997
McCartney, R. The McCartney Report on the Framework Document. UKUP, Belfast, 1997
McKittrick, D. Endgame: The Search for Peace in Northern Ireland. Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1994
McKittrick, D. The Nervous Peace. Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1996
Mitchell, Senator G. Making Peace: the inside story of the making of the Good Friday Agreement, Heinemann, London, 1999
Morgan, Austen. The Belfast Agreement: a practical legal analysis (London: The Belfast Press, 2000).
O’Clery, C. The Greening of the White House, the Inside Story of How America Tried to Bring Peace to Ireland. Gill and McMillan, Dublin, 1996
O’Doherty, M. The Trouble with Guns. Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1998
O’Leary, B. The Nature of the Agreement, John Whyte Memorial Lecture. (Queen’s University, Belfast, 1999)
Rowan, B. Behind the Lines: the Story of the IRA and loyalist ceasefires. (Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1995)
Wilford, Rick. Aspects of the Belfast Agreement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001).
Williams, Kristen P. & Neal G. Jesse. 'Resolving nationalist conflicts: Promoting overlapping identities and pooling sovereignty - The 1998 Northern Irish Peace Agreement', Political Psychology, September 2001, Vol. 22, No. 3: 571-599.
Cowell-Meyers, Kimberley. 'Gender, power, and peace: A preliminary look at women in the Northern Ireland assembly', Women & Politics, 2001, Vol. 23, No. 3: 55-88.
Darby, John. & Roger Mac Ginty. ‘Imperfect Peace: The Aftermath of Northern Ireland’s Peace Accord’ Ethnic Studies Report, July 1999, Vol. 17, No. 2: 201-246.
Fitzduff, Mari. Beyond Violence: Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland (New York: United Nations University Press, UNU Policy Perspectives 7, 2002).
Healing through Remembering Project. Healing Through Remembering: the report of the Healing Through Remembering Project. June 2002.
Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland. A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland. The Report of the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland. (The "Patten Report") Sept 1999. http://www.belfast.org.uk/report/fullreport.pdf
Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland. The Community and the Police Service. The Patten Report. Updated Implementation Plan. Aug 2001. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/police/patten/patten2001.pdf
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Making a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. A Consultation by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Sept 2001. http://www.nihrc.org/Documents/BoR_consultation.pdf Porter, Norman. The Elusive Quest: Reconciliation in Northern Ireland (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2002)
Schulze, Kirsten E. & Michael L. R. Smith. 'Decommissioning and paramilitary strategy in Northern Ireland: A problem compared', Journal of Strategic Studies, 2000 (December), Vol. 23, No. 4: 77-106.
Wilson, Robin & John Mullin. A Guide to the Northern Ireland Assembly: Agreeing to Disagree? (Norwich: The Stationery Office, 2001).
Civil Society and the agreement
Byrne, Sean. 'Consociational and civic society approaches to peacebuilding in Northern Ireland', Journal of Peace Research, 2001 (May), Vol. 38, No. 3: 327-352.
Irwin, Colin. The People's Peace Process in Northern Ireland (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave, 2002).
Oliver, Quintin. Working for "YES". The story of the May 1998 referendum in Northern Ireland (Referendum Company [Northern Ireland] Ltd., December 1998).
Pollak, A. (ed.) A Citizen’s Inquiry: The Ophsahl Report on Northern Ireland. The Lillput Press for Initiative ‘92, Dublin, 1992
Adams, Gerry. Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland. (Kerry: Brandon Books, 2003)
Bruce, S. The Red Hand: Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. Oxford University Press, Oxford,1992
Cochrane, F. Unionist Politics and the Politics of Unionism since the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Cork University Press, Cork,1997
Cooke, D. Persecuting Zeal: A Portrait of Ian Paisley. Dingle Press, Brandon, 1996
Drower, G. John Hume. Vista, London, 1996 English, Richard. Armed Struggle: the story of the IRA (Macmillan, 2003)
Moloney, E. & Pollak, A. Paisley. Poolbeg, Swords, 1986 Murray, G. John Hume and the SDLP: Impact and Survival in Northern Ireland. Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1998
Patterson, H. The Politics of Illusion: A Political History of the IRA. Serif, London, 1997 Porter, N. Rethinking Unionism (2nd edn.) The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1998
Porter, N. (ed.) The Republican Ideal. The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1998
Sharrock, D. & Devenport, M. Man of War, Man of Peace? The Unauthorised Biography of Gerry Adams. Macmillan, London, 1997
Shirlow & McGovern (eds.) Who are the people? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland. Pluto Press, London, 1997
Taylor, P. Provos: The IRA and Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury, London, 1998 Taylor, P. Loyalists. Bloomsbury, London, 1999
Toolis, K. Rebel Hearts: journeys within the IRA’s soul. Picador, London, 1995
Arthur, Paul. Special Relationships: Britain, Ireland and the Northern Ireland Problem (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2002).
Coogan, T.P. The Troubles: Ireland’s Ordeal 1966–1995 and the Search for Peace. Hutchinson, London, 1995
Darby, J. Scorpion in a Bottle: Conflicting Cultures in Northern Ireland. Minority Rights Publications, London, 1997 Foster, R. F. Modern Ireland 1960–1972. Penguin, 1989
Hennessey, T. A History of Northern Ireland 1920–1996. MacMillan, London, 1997 Lyons, F.S.L. Ireland Since the Famine. Fontana, London, 1973
O’Leary, B. & McGarry, J. The Politics of antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland. The Athlone Press, London, 1996
O’Malley, P. The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today. The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1983 Stewart, A.T.Q. The Narrow Ground: Aspects of Ulster, 1609–1969. The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1977
Stevens, D. A Briefing Paper on Ireland. Irish Council of Churches, Belfast, 1997
Whyte, J. Interpreting Northern Ireland. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990
Information
CAIN project http://cain.ulst.ac.uk
Irish Times ‘The Path to Peace’ (requires subscription) http://www.ireland.com/special/peace/
University of Ulster Library http://www.ulst.ac.uk/library/
Linen Hall Library http://www.linenhall.com/
Chronology of "victim" issues in Northern Ireland http://www.brandonhamber.com/chronology.html
Community Dialogue http://www.communitydialogue.org
Governments and Commissions
Northern Ireland Office http://www.nio.gov.uk/
The Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk
Irish Government http://www.irlgov.ie/iveagh/angloirish/default.asp
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission http://www.nihrc.org
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