Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict: The Impact of Devolution and Cross-Border Cooperation

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Everyday life after the Irish conflict is the first book to address the specific topic of the intersection of the processes of conflict transformation and devolution with daily life in Northern Ireland in a rigorous and systematic fashion. Bringing together new research from established academics, new voices and civil society actors, this book documents the changes that have occurred in people's everyday lives as the region moves away from a violent past. Supported with a wealth of new empirical material, the book charts the impact of devolution and conflict transformation in four parts: an overview of the changes is followed by chapters that explore the areas of space, place and human relations. The third part looks at economic and social life while a concluding chapter takes a comparative approach by addressing the differences and similarities between the Northern Irish and Scottish experiences of devolution. -- .

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"This comprehensive set of essays brings a new and much-needed angle to the social and political literature on Northern Ireland."

(Jennifer Thomas, Political Studies Review, May 2014

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Cillian McGrattan is Lecturer in Politics at the University of the West of Scotland and Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for British-Irish Studies, University College, Dublin

Elizabeth Meehan is Professor Emerita in the Law School at Queens University, Belfast and Visiting Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College, Dublin