Shirlow, Peter.

Beyond the Wire : Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (192 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context -- Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context -- The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups -- Imprisonment and the Post- Imprisonment Experience -- Residual Criminalisation and its Effects -- Community and Conflict -- Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Confl ict Transformation -- Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Analyses the positive role that former prisoners can have in reconstructing communities in the wake of internal conflict.

9781849643405


Ex-convicts -- Political activity -- Northern Ireland.
Political prisoners -- Northern Ireland.
Conflict management -- Northern Ireland.
Political violence -- Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1994-.


Electronic books.

HV9649.N67 -- S45 2008eb

364.809416