Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Turkey: Rethinking Conflict Resolution

İ. Aytaç Kadıoğlu

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2020

Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Turkey

Rethinking Conflict Resolution

İ. Aytaç Kadıoğlu

In the series Edinburgh Studies on Modern Turkey

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474479356

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Assesses the impact of political, non-violent resolution efforts in the Northern Irish and Turkish-Kurdish peace processes

Offers an important contribution to conflict-resolution research, theorising the various stages involved in the attempted resolution of asymmetric conflicts
Relies on primary sources, including interviews and recently declassified archival papers to reveal the insights of both peace processes
Presents an innovative framework for conflict resolution, a starting-point for further research on managing peace processes and ethno-nationalist conflicts

This book challenges the notion of ‘conflict resolution’ in the Northern Irish and Turkish–Kurdish peace processes, both far-reaching ethno-nationalist conflicts in the post-Cold War era. Incorporating fieldwork carried out until 2015, İ. Aytaç Kadıoğlu compares these conflicts during major peace attempts, from early secret talks and semi-official peace initiatives, to multilateral and internationalised conflict-resolution processes through not only main armed protagonists, but also independent third parties.

As Brexit re-ignites discussion around the border of Northern Ireland, and as the repercussions of the Syrian civil war on the dynamics of the Kurdish conflict continue to unfold, these two cases are particularly important to the study of conflict resolution. In critically assessing existing literature, this book presents an innovative framework for conflict-resolution processes, suggesting that ethno-nationalist conflicts are too complex to be resolved solely through official negotiations.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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1 INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 UNDERSTANDING AND RETHINKING ‘CONFLICT RESOLUTION’: A CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 CONFLICT AND PEACE: HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN IRISH AND TURKEY’S KURDISH PEACE PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4 BACKCHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS: TALKING TO THE ENEMY BEHIND THE SCENES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
5 PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION ORGANISATIONS: CATALYSTS FOR PEACE? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
6 OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS: THE LONG, NARROW ROAD TO PEACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
7 CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 5 B/W illustrations 9 B/W tables
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474479356