Ripe moments for exiting political violence: an analysis of the Northern Ireland case
Connolly, Eileen and Doyle, JohnORCID: 0000-0002-0763-4853
(2018)
Ripe moments for exiting political violence: an analysis of the Northern Ireland case.
Irish Studies in International Affairs, 26
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pp. 147-162.
ISSN 0332-1460
William Zartman’s concept of ‘ripeness’ has been strongly criticised on both methodological and substantive grounds, yet it remains central to both academic and policy debates. This paper assesses the usefulness of Zartman’s model through an analysis of the three peace agreements which were negotiated during the Northern Ireland conflict—the 1973 power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement, the 1985 inter-governmental Anglo-Irish Agreement and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. It uses a refined version of Zartman’s model to argue that the concept of ‘ripeness’ remains a useful means to analyse the potential for peace and that it can provide an explanation for the relative success of the 1998 Belfast Agreement and for the failure of previous agreements.
European Union under the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (grant no: PIRSES-GA-2011-295232)
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25539
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John Doyle
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