...This chapter reviews the transformation of Europe through the free will of free, sovereign, independent peoples. It addresses the enlargement of the European Union, and the potential for new members. It argues that Europe is a force for transformation and creative reconciliation in the world. Cox...

...This chapter reflects a key phase in the Northern Ireland peace process. It addresses the next steps that would need to be taken to pave the way for true reconciliation. It reflects on three important issues; building prosperity; tackling sectarianism; and ensuring that the peace process must leave...

... others) women in failing marriages [malmaritate], be they unfaithful wives or victims of feckless or abusive husbands, and concentrated on reconciliation rather than penance; it was possible, though, that they would be used to discipline wives as much as to protect them. A second type...

... Atairangikaahu Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act New Zealand Maori Treaty of Waitangi Indigenous monarchy Royal tours Reconciliation processes Early in 2014, a minor controversy arose in New Zealand when the Maori King, Tuheitia Paki, rejected a proposed visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge...

... opportunities and analyses the role of EU institutions in inducing change in the domestic political opportunity structure conducive to intercommunal reconciliation. The analysis reveals that European integration has produced significant long-term transformative effects by enhancing communication, societal...

... of Ireland) which raised concerns over Catholic disadvantage in Northern Ireland, is discussed. The chapter also looks at the establishment of a new nationalist political formation in 1945, the Irish Anti-Partition League (IAPL), and at early contemplation of a new reconciliation policy that would reach out...

... confrontation and an acknowledgement that consent and agreement must provide the basis of any reconciliation between Nationalism and Unionism - secures its place in contemporary history. abstentionism Campbell T J Hume John National Democratic Party NDP National Unity NU Gormley Paddy Gormley Tom Hume...

... a single constitutional framework. This chapter explores both the complex and challenging context of historic national antagonism and the degree to which political change in recent years has promoted reconciliation. While there is no doubt that there have been major achievements in reducing violence...

...Chapter 4 sets out to demonstrate how the global proliferation of the reconciliation discourse not only manifests itself in the spread of the reconciliation language but also in the simultaneous diffusion of a set of reconciliation practices and practitioners in global politics. The chapter argues...

...Personal testimony of the daughter of a British Army officer killed during the Troubles. Bowman Annie British Army Gritten Barry father of Annie Bowman military families post traumatic stress disorder PTSD trauma Berry Jo civil society reconciliation initiatives Dover Jo xiiii Glencree...

...The publication of the Ryan Report was a seminal event in the vindication of the human rights of survivors of child abuse in Irish reformatory and industrial schools. But there was no reconciliation. This chapter contextualises the Ryan Report (2009). Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse...

... debate, the book demonstrates that ‘unfinished business’ from the conflicted past persists unaddressed in Britain; and advocates the importance of acknowledging legacies, understanding histories, and engaging with memories in the context of peace-building and reconciliation. Contributors include scholars...

...The conclusion offers a consideration of some broader theoretical issues raised within the book. It argues that the resurgence may be understood not only in terms of the particular political context of contemporary England but also as a reconciliation of the two earlier revivals. It proposes...

... humours against a foreign enemy? Coligny believed there was. Charles IX allowed himself to be seduced for a while by an enterprise in which he could hope for territorial gains. It was a high-risk aspiration, as the dangers of discord concealed in it equalled at least the prospects of reconciliation...

... science Truth and Reconciliation Commission Stasi archives In 2004 librarian and scholar Marlene Manoffattempted to survey the then current discussions about archives in an article titled ‘Theories of the Archive from Across the Disciplines’. ¹ In the opening passage of her essay...

...This chapter explores post-conflict attitudes and behaviour of those former non-state combatants in Northern Ireland who have engaged in broader formations of social and political reconciliation and transformation through various post-prison and community initiatives. It examines how the influx...

...This chapter interrogates the claimed advantages (e.g.) recognition, reconciliation, justice) of the political apology and also considers the claimed disadvantages of the apology (e.g. special pleading, the undermining of a common citizenship identity, a n undermining of national unity). It also...

... Friday Agreement Nationality Reconciliation Victims When Maurice Hayes lectured on ‘Moving out of conflict’ on 4 June 2007, his title seemed especially apt, since the devolved administration which had come into existence as a result of the St Andrews Agreement was scarcely a month old. While it might...

... partly through the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which sets quotas for youth participation in politics at every level of public life, they themselves often do not take their peers seriously, and thus reproduce patterns of participation that reinscribe hierarchical relations...