Sustainable peace in Northern Ireland : the role of leadership / Sally Watson.

Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2024]

xii, 131 pages ; 21 cm.

"Peace treaties are no guarantee of a sustainable peace and the current scale and longevity of global conflicts are an unpleasant testimony of the fragility of peace processes. The purpose of the book is to explore the forms of leadership needed to transition a violent conflict into positive peace, and to create the social and political conditions that will sustain that peace. The study is based on the Northern Ireland peace process and explores how the quality of political leadership impacts both conflict resolution and the sustainability of a peace agreement. A phenomenon named "Acts of Leadership" will be used to demonstrate that peacemakers are not necessarily people in positions of power or authority but they bring valuable lessons for political and military leaders. The lessons learned from "The Troubles" and the subsequent Belfast/Good Friday Agreement will be used to illustrate how new forms of political leadership are needed to transform and heal a society exposed to indirect and direct violence. The contemporary issues facing political leaders in Northern Ireland will be discussed and specifically the impact of transgenerational trauma on younger generations with no lived experience of "The Troubles""-- Provided by publisher.

English

October 02, 2024

Vectors from Peter Lang

Includes bibliographical references.