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The Northern Ireland Conflict: Consociational Engagements

John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780199266579

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: August 2004

DOI: 10.1093/0199266573.001.0001

The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Folly or Statecraft?

Chapter:
(p. 62 ) 2 The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Folly or Statecraft?
Source:
The Northern Ireland Conflict
Author(s):

John McGarry (Contributor Webpage)

Brendan O'Leary (Contributor Webpage)

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/0199266573.003.0002

The chapter analyses the significance of the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985, and using research and interview material critically assesses explanations as to why it was signed. It evaluates the consequences of the Agreement (up to 12 July 1986) and considers the prospects for its survival. The article provides a normative defence of the Agreement, including its provisions for the promotion of a consociational settlement.

Keywords:   Anglo-Irish Agreement, coercive power-sharing, Anglo-Irish co-operation, consociation

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