Global Change, Civil Society and the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Introduction: Political Change in a Divided Society: The Implementation of the Belfast Agreement; C.Farrington PART ONE: GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 'We're not quite as interesting as we used to be': Interpreting the International Dimension; C.Farrington The US War on Terrorism and Its Impact on the Politics of Accommodation in Northern Ireland; D.Schmitt The Lure of the Miracle? The South African Connection and the Northern Ireland Peace Process; A.Guelke From the European Union in Northern Ireland to Northern Ireland in the European Union; E.Meehan PART TWO: CIVIL SOCIETY Models of Civil Society and their Implications for the Northern Ireland Peace Process; C.Farrington Women, Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland: Paths to Peace through Women's Empowerment; M.Potter A Framework for Understanding Religion in Northern Irish Civil Society; G.Ganiel PART THREE: CONSOCIATIONALISM AND CIVIL SOCIETY The Belfast Agreement and the Limits of Consociationalism; R.Taylor From Violence to Intolerance: Ethno-Nationalism and the Crowding out of Civic Life; R.Wilson Power Sharing and Civic Leadership in Lebanon and Northern Ireland; D.Russell