Human Rights as War by Other Means: Peace Politics in Northern Ireland

by Jennifer Curtis

Following the 1998 peace agreement in Northern Ireland, political violence has dramatically declined and the region has been promoted as a model for peacemaking. Human rights discourse has played an ongoing role in the process but not simply as the means to promote peace. The language can also become a weapon as it is appropriated and adapted by different interest groups to pursue social, economic, and political objectives. Indeed, as violence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246195
• ISBN13: 9780812246193
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"