Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council Strike and the Struggle for Democracy in Northern Ireland
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council Strike and the Struggle for Democracy in Northern Ireland
By (Author) David McCann
Edited by Cillian McGrattan
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
17th February 2017
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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 paramilitary-led violence, finally collapsing in May 1974 as a result of the Ulster Workers' Council strike. Drawing on new scholarship from some of the top political historians working on the period, this book presents a series of reflections on how key protagonists struggled with notions of power-sharing and the 'Irish dimension', and how those struggles inhibited a deepening of democracy and the ending of violence for so long. -- .
Author Bio
David McCann is Lecturer in Politics at Ulster University
Cillian McGrattan is Lecturer in Politics at Ulster University
