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This is the first book to comprehensively examine the shifts that have informed republican tradition and transformation from the beginning of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland until the final stages of the peace process. Using a combination of empirical research and literature, the book addresses Northern Irish republican identity through the influences of imagination, history and Catholicism before it charts the processes of decision-making and management that shaped the transition from militarism to politics. Drawing from interview material from a wide range of actors and key players the book considers the challenges that political republicanism has worked to overcome and concludes that ongoing political development will require a less acute, more ambiguous communication of values based on pragmatism and compromise, rather than the continued articulation of principles and convictions that sustained the armed struggle.
A unique work, From Armed Struggle to Political Struggle is essential for students and researchers in Irish politics, conflict resolution, and security studies
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Imagination
Myth
Martyrdom
Metaphor
Chapter Two: History
Origins and dynamics
Re-emergence
Militancy
Hunger and transition
Chapter Three: Catholicism
History and context
Reasoning and morality
The Catholic Church and republicanism
Catholic perspectives on republicanism
Republican perspectives on Catholicism
Chapter Four: Politics
Dialogues with nationalism
SDLP perspectives
Chapter Five: Peace
The Good Friday Agreement
British and Irish Official perspectives
Endgame: After Good Friday
Chapter Six: Rebels and Reconciliation
The 'dissident' threat
Claiming the past to shape the future
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
