'...an important volume for anyone anxious to understand the fundamentals of politics in Northern Ireland today.' - Margaret O'Callaghan, Irish Times Facets of the Conflict in Northern Ireland is written by practising social science researchers, all currently - or recently - working within Northern Ireland. It provides an up-to-date background to the conflict and much of the material used arises from the wide range of funded researches carried out at the Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster, during the past sixteen years. Each chapter focuses on a different facet of the problem, and these include social, legal, political, religious, economic and cultural matters.
Acknowledgements - Contributors - List of Abbreviations - CONTEXT - The Conflict as a Set of Problems; S.Dunn - The Historical Background; J.Darby - GOVERNMENT AND LAW - The Approach of Government: Community Relations and Equity; A.M.Gallagher - Local Government and Community Relations; C.Knox & J.Hughes - Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Emergency Legislation; B.Dickson - SUBGROUPS - The Role of Women in the Conflict; V.Morgan & G.Fraser - Children and Conflict; E.Cairns & T.Cairns - Paramilitaries, Republicans and Loyalists; A.Guelke - Majority-Minority Differentials: Housing, Health, Unemployment; M.Melaugh - INSTITUTIONS - Conflict and Religion: the Role of the Churches; D.Morrow - Approaches through Education; A.Smith - Policing a Divided Society; A.Hamilton & L.Moore - Sport as a Medium of Cross-Group Contact; J.Sugden - Cultural Traditions; D.Murray - Institutions for Conciliation and Mediation; D.Wilson & J.Tyrrell - SOURCES OF INFORMATION - Books, Research, Data; S.Dunn, C.O.Maolain & S.McClean - Index
