Author : David McCann
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526108399
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)
Book Synopsis Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland by : David McCann
Download or read book Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland written by David McCann and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Sunningdale experiment' of 1973-4 witnessed the first attempt to establish peace in Northern Ireland through power-sharing. However, its provisions, particularly the cross-border 'Council of Ireland', proved to be a step too far. The experiment floundered amid ongoing paramilitary-led violence, finally collapsing in May 1974 as a result of the Ulster Workers' Council strike. Drawing on new scholarship from some of the top political historians working on the period, this book presents a series of reflections on how key protagonists struggled with notions of power-sharing and the 'Irish dimension', and how those struggles inhibited a deepening of democracy and the ending of violence for so long.