Sunningdale, the Ulster workers' council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland

Sunningdale, the Ulster workers' council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland / edited by David McCann and Cillian McGrattan.

The "Sunningdale experiment" of 1973-4 witnessed the first attempt to establish peace in Northern Ireland through power-sharing. However, its provisions, particularly the cross-border 'Council of Ireland', proved to be a step too far. The experiment floundered amid ongoing parami...

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Other Authors: McCann, David (David Patrick) (Editor), McGrattan, Cillian (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester Universiy Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1968-1998
General Strike, Northern Ireland, 1974.
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
Politics and government
Northern Ireland > Politics and government.
Northern Ireland > History > 1968-1998.
Northern Ireland
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction and overview of the Sunningdale Agreement. 1 Introduction David McCann and Cillian McGrattan. 2 The Ulster Workers' Council strike: the perfect storm Gordon Gillespie. 3 Understanding aspiration, anxiety, assumption and ambiguity: the anatomy of Sunningdale Arthur Aughey. Part II: The lessons of Sunningdale: the key protagonists. 4 Sunningdale and the Irish dimension: a step too far? John Coakley. 5 British government policy post 1974: learning slowly between Sunningdales? Eamonn O'Kane. 6 British security policy and the Sunningdale Agreement: the consequences of using force to combat terrorism in a liberal democracy Aaron Edwards. 7 Sunningdale and the limits of 'rejectionist' Unionism Stuart Aveyard and Shaun McDaid. 8 Stan Orme and the road to 'Industrial Democracy': British attempts at the politicisation of working-class Protestants in Northern Ireland, 1973-75 Tony Craig. 9 Power sharing and the Irish dimension: the conundrum for the SDLP in Northern Ireland Sarah Campbell. 10 '1974
  • Year of Liberty'? The Provisional IRA and Sunningdale Henry Patterson. Part III: The legacies of Sunningdale. 11 Cultural responses to and the legacies of Sunningdale Connal Parr. 12 'Slow learners'? Comparing the Sunningdale Agreement and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Thomas Hennessey. Appendix: The Sunningdale Agreement (December 1973). References. Index.

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