Title: Spoiling the peace? : the threat of dissident Republicans to peace in Northern Ireland /
Authors: Whiting, Sophie A.
Publisher: Manchester University Press,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Republicanism Northern Ireland History; Republicanism; Republicanism Ireland History.; Terrorists Northern Ireland; Peace-building Northern Ireland.; Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Politics and government
Abstract: This work assesses the security threat and political challenges offered by dissident Irish republicanism to the Northern Irish peace process. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement failed to end entirely armed republicanism. The movement of Sinn Féin into constitutional politics in a government of Northern Ireland and the eschewing of militarism that followed, including disbandment of the Provisional IRA (PIRA), the decommissioning of weapons and the supporting of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) proved too much for a minority of republicans.
Contents: Evaluating historic splits in Irish republicanism: is there space for the emergence of 'dissidents'? -- Irish republicanism as an ideology: are there agreed components? -- Creating political space for 'dissidents'? The extent of ideological compromise by Sinn Fein and 'Provisional' republicanism -- Continuity or dissidence? The origins of dissident republicans and their mandate -- Continuity or dissidence? Dissident republican strategies and campaigns -- Militarism as a component of dissident republicanism -- Spoiling the peace?