This book provides a multidisciplinary collection of essays that seek to explore the deeply problematic legacy of post-Agreement Northern Ireland. Thus, the authors of this book look at a number of issues that continue to stymie the development of a robust and sustainable peacebuilding project, including segregation, contested parades and flags, ethnic party mobilization, and memorialization. Towards addressing these contemporary issues, authors are drawn from a range of disciplines, including politics, history, literature, drama, cultural studies, sociology, and social psychology.
1.Introduction.- 2.Eamonn OKane and Paul Dixon, The Northern Irish Peace Process: Political Issues and Controversies.- Part I The Will to Change: Key Players and Events.- 3.Paul Dixon, Tony Blairs Honourable Deception: In Defence of the Dirty Politics of the Northern Irish Peace Process.- 4.Charles I. Armstrong, George Mitchells Peace: The Good Friday Agreement in Colum McCanns Novel TransAtlantic.- 5.Jan Erik Mustad, From Protest to Power: The Rise of the DUP.- Part II Winners, Losers and Beyond the Zero Sum Game?.- 6.Stefanie Lehner, Troubling Victims: Representing a New Politics of Victimhood in Northern Ireland on Stage and Screen.- 7.Neil Jarman, A Bitter Peace: Flag Protests, the Politics of No and Culture Wars.- 8.Gladys Ganiel, A Gender Balanced Approach to Transforming Cultures of Militarism in Northern Ireland.- 9.Sissel Rosland, Making Hope and History Rhyme? Dealing with Division and the Past in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement.- Part III The Efficacy and Narratives of Culture.- 10.Se?n Crosson, The Shore (2011): Examining the Reconciliation Narrative in Post-Troubles Cinema.- 11.Margaret Mills Harper, Elementals in Language: Seamus Heaney after the Good Friday Agreement.- 12.Anne Karhio, Finished and Under Construcló'