Northern Ireland a Generation After Good Friday by Colin Coul... - 9781526139269

Northern Ireland a Generation After Good FridayLost Futures and New Horizons in the Long Peace\nAuthor(s): Colin Coulter, Niall Gilmartin, Katy Hayward, Peter Shirlow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Manchester University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Manchester University Press\nISBN-13: 9781526139269, 978-1526139269\nSynopsis\nThe Good Friday Agreement is widely celebrated as a political success story, one that has brought peace to a region that was once synonymous around the globe with political violence. The truth, as ever, is rather more complicated than that.\n\nIn many respects, the era of the peace process has seen Northern Irish society change almost beyond recognition. Those incidents of politically motivated violence that were once commonplace have become thankfully rare and a new generation has emerged whose identities and interests are rather more fluid and cosmopolitan than those of their predecessors. However, Northern Ireland continues to operate in the long shadow of .