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17%OFFPeter Shirlow - Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland - 9780745326320 - V9780745326320
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Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

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Description for Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland Hardback. Analyses the positive role that former prisoners can have in reconstructing communities in the wake of internal conflict. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JKVQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
This book provides the first detailed examination of the role played by former loyalist and republican prisoners in grass roots conflict transformation work in the Northern Ireland peace process. It challenges the assumed passivity of former prisoners and ex-combatants. Instead, it suggests that such individuals and the groups which they formed have been key agents of conflict transformation. They have provided leadership in challenging cultures of violence, developed practical methods of resolving inter-communal conflict and found ways for communities to explore their troubled past. In analysing this, the authors challenge the sterile demonisation of former prisoners and the processes that ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745326320
SKU
V9780745326320
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About Peter Shirlow
Peter Shirlow is Senior Lecturer in the School of Environmetal Studies at the University of Ulster. He is the author of Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Pluto, 2008) and Belfast: Segregation, Violence and the City (Pluto, 2006). Kieran McEvoy is Professor of Law and Transitional Justice and Director of the Institute of ... Read more

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