A CONSTITUTIONAL PIED PIPER: THE NORTHERN IRISH GOOD FRIDAY AGEEMENT

In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 114, Heft 4, S. 613-637

Abstract

THE AUTHOR FINDS PARALLELS BETWEEN THE CRAFTING OF THE NORTHERN IRISH GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT AND THE EXPERIENCES OF SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE, WHICH MOVED FROM UNSTABLE MINORITY RULE TO MAJORITY REINCORPORATION. IF THE GOOD FRIDAY POWER-SHARING ARRANGEMENTS ARE TRANSITIONAL, ONE LOGICAL BUT POLITICALLY SENSITIVE, ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE PEACE PROCESS IS THE REUNIFICATION OF IRELAND.