No War, No Peace: Northern Ireland after the Agreement

• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00548.x
• Publication Date: 2006-12-21T07:40:29Z
• Authors: Roger Mac Ginty; Orla T. Muldoon; Neil Ferguson
• Keywords: Sectarianism; Northern Ireland; Settlement (finance); Political Violence

In 1998 a historic agreement, commonly known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, formed basis of negotiated settlement for future Northern Ireland. Since that time level violence in Ireland has reduced but many problematic issues related to governance, sectarianism, and community relations remain on political agenda have destabilized post‐peace accord environment. Many these can be viewed either causes consequences protracted conflict This special issue examines some from psychology perspective. Economic, political, social, psychological factors supported hindered progress towards peace stability are considered. While paramilitary ceasefires remained intact certain aspects life been transformed, road by both intransigence. paper offers an opportunity reevaluate conceptualisations its management chronic situations, where divisions deeply embedded within societal structures relationships, consider may act barriers development lasting peace.