This book captures the complex and often contradictory realities of the region's peace process. Across nine original essays, the authors provide a critical and comprehensive reading of a society that seems to have left its violent past behind but at the same time remains subject to its gravitational pull. -- .
Focusing on female combatants, this book offers a critical examination of gender dynamics within non-state military movements that arise from conflict. It delves into the intersection of gender, political violence, and peace, highlighting the roles women play in these contexts and how their experiences shape conflict transitions. This exploration serves as a significant contribution to understanding the complexities of gender in the realm of political violence.
Though forced displacement constituted a central and pervasive feature of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ effecting tens of thousands of citizens, remarkably it has been afforded little more than a footnote or fleeting reference in most accounts of the conflict.