Northern Ireland and the Divided World
Post-Agreement Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective
McGarry, John Professor, Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-924434-8







doi:10.1093/0199244340.003.0012

Padraig O'Malley
Abstract: Compares Northern Ireland's peace process with the transition to democracy in South Africa. The chapter details the ways in which Northern Ireland's political elites learnt from South Africa's negotiations, and argues that they have more to learn. It squarely rejects the claim of Irish republican militants that their position is analogous to that of South Africa's African National Congress.

Keywords: African National Congress, democracy, negotiations, Northern Ireland, peace process, political elites, Republicanism, South Africa, transition,

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Part I General and Theoretical Perspectives
Part II Comparative Case-Studies