Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Turkey: Rethinking Conflict Resolution

The book challenges the notion of conflict resolution in Northern Irish and Turkish Kurdish peace processes, highlighting the complexity of ethno-nationalist conflicts and the need for innovative frameworks beyond official negotiations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2020
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This book challenges the notion of 'conflict resolution' in the Northern Irish and TurkishKurdish peace processes, both far-reaching ethno-nationalist conflicts in the post-Cold War era. Incorporating fieldwork carried out until 2015, . Ayta Kadolu compares these conflicts during major peace attempts, from early secret talks and semi-official peace initiatives, to multilateral and internationalised conflict-resolution processes through not only main armed protagonists, but also independent third parties.
As Brexit re-ignites discussion around the border of Northern Ireland, and as the repercussions of the Syrian civil war on the dynamics of the Kurdish conflict continue to unfold, these two cases are particularly important to the study of conflict resolution. In critically assessing existing literature, this book presents an innovative framework for conflict-resolution processes, suggesting that ethno-nationalist conflicts are too complex to be resolved solely through official negotiations.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 162 x 240 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474479325