Aspects of the Belfast Agreement [Hardcover]

Exploring the crucial aspects of the recent Belfast Agreement, this book brings together leading experts on the politics and constitution of Northern Ireland. The contributors focus on the motives of its negotiators, the roles performed both by the British and Irish governments, and a number of international actors--notably the United States and South Africa--in forging the deal struck on April 10, 1998.

1. Aspects of the Belfast Agreement: Introduction,Rick Wilford
2. Context and Content: Sunningdale and Belfast Compared,Stefan Wolff
3. Transcending an Ethnic Party System? The Impact of Consociational Governance on Electoral Dynamics and the Party System,Paul Mitchell
4. The 1998 Agreement: Results and Prospects,Brendan O'Leary
5. Seeing it Through? The Multi-Faceted Implementation of the Belfast Agreement,Brigid Hadfield
6. The Assembly and the Executive,Rick Wilford
7. The British-Irish Council,Graham Walker
8. The Patten Report and Post-Sovereignty Policing in Northern Ireland,Clive Walker
9. From Insulation to Appeasement: The Major and Blair Governments Reconsidered,Henry Patterson
10. Learning from 'The Leopard',Arthur Aughey
11. Modern Irish Republicanism and the Belfast Agreement: Chickens Coming Home to Roost, or Turkeys Celebrating Christmas?,Anthony McIntyre
12. The Belfast Agreement and the Republic of Ireland,John Coakley
13. International Dimensions of the Belfast Agreement,Adrian Guelke