Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process In Defence of Politics
This book is exceptional in defending the ‘dirty politics’ of the Northern Ireland peace process. Political actors in Britain, Ireland and the United States performed the peace process and used ‘political skills’, often including deception and hypocrisy,
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Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Paul Dixon
Performing the Northern Ireland Peace Process In Defence of Politics
Paul Dixon Department of Politics Birkbeck College, University of London London, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-91342-1 ISBN 978-3-319-91343-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91343-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018941879 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover cartoon credit: Ian Knox Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To the memory of Marjorie, Winefride ‘Joyce’, Frank and Marie Bremend
Acknowledgements
I have been writing this book in one form or another for twenty years. Over this time, I have incurred many debts and, unfortunately, I’m unlikely to remember them all now so for those I forgot my sincere apologies. I learnt much not just from academics, politicians and journalists but from everyday interactions with all kinds of people. In fact, some of these had the most profound impact on my thinking. From the female Catholic hockey player who passed for Protestant, to the Protestant student who discussed joining the police in mixed company. There are charming paramilitaries and sectarian moderates as well as friendships and relationships between the most unlikely of people. The idea of using a theatrical metaphor to understand the politics of the peace process came to me while I was teaching journalism students at the University of Ulster. I was delighted to see so m
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