The Peacebuilding Elements of the Belfast Agreement and the Transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict : Dissertationsschrift (2009. 396 S. 210 mm)

The aim of this book is to analyse whether the implementation of the peacebuilding elements of the Belfast Agreement contributed to the transformation of the protracted Northern Ireland Conflict. Therefore, this book deals with the following sections of the Agreement: Rights, Safeguards and Equality of Opportunity, Decommissioning, Security, Policing and Justice, and Prisoners. The author comes to the conclusion that the majority of the peacebuilding elements contributed to the transformation of the Northern Ireland Conflict. The results of the study were obtained in conducting interviews, in consulting surveys, and in studying reports and other relevant literature on the recent developments in Northern Ireland. Contents: Belfast Agreement - Peacebuilding - Conflict Transformation - Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission - Equality Commission for Northern Ireland - Past - Victims - Reconciliation - Integrated Education - Economy - Community Relations - Irish/Ulster-Scots - Decommissioning - Security - Policing - Justice - Prisoners. The Author: Cornelia Albert is a political scientist specialising in peace and conflict studies and the Northern Ireland Conflict. She studied political science, history and German literature at the Chemnitz University of Technology and peace and conflict studies at the University of Ulster in L'Derry (Northern Ireland).