Human Rights as War by Other Means: Peace Politics in Northern Ireland

305 Pages·2014·7.314 MB·English

by  Jennifer Curtis

Human Rights as War
by Other Means
PENNSYLVANIA STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS
Bert B. Lockwood, Jr., Series Editor
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HUMAN RIGHTS AS WAR
BY OTHER MEANS
Peace Politics in Northern Ireland
Jennifer Curtis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Curtis, Jennifer (Jennifer Gail)
Human Rights as War by Other Means: Peace Politics in Northern Ireland / Jennifer
Curtis. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Pennsylvania studies in human rights)
ISBN 978-0-8122-4619-3 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Human rights—Political aspects—Northern Ireland. 2. Political violence—
Northern Ireland. 3. Social conflict—Northern Ireland. 4. Peace-building—Northern
Ireland. 5. Northern Ireland—Ethnic relations—Political aspects. 6. Northern
Ireland—Politics and government—1994– I. Title. II. Series: Pennsylvania studies in
human rights.
JC599.G7C87 2014
941.6083—dc23 2013046740
For Nathaniel

CONTENTS
Maps ix
Chronology xi
Chapter 1. Whose Rights and Whose Peace? 1
Chapter 2. The Usual Suspects 37
Chapter 3. Peace Sells—Who’s Buying? 69
Chapter 4. The Politics We Deserve 101
Chapter 5. No Justice, No Peace 133
Chapter 6. “Love Is a Human Right” 168
Chapter 7. Ethnopolitics and Human Rights 201
Notes 217
Glossary 231
Bibliography 245
Index 273
Acknowledgments 285
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