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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Preface -- 1 The Past in the Present -- 2 Political Violence and the Paramilitaries -- 3 Segmentation and the Social Structure -- 4 The Electoral Systems -- 5 The Party System and Party Competition -- 6 Regional Assemblies and Parliament -- 7 Policymaking -- 8 Policing and Security -- 9 Women and Politics -- 10 Northern Ireland and the Republic -- 11 Anglo-Irish Relations and Constitutional Policy -- 12 "Futures, -- 13 Epilogue -- Notes -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index

The article surveys the interrupted experience of devolution in Northern Ireland since 1999 and draws a number of comparisons between the first devolved Assembly and Executive and their successors elected in 2007. It underlines the significance of the changed political, electoral and paramilitary context in the period leading up to the 2007 Assembly election which, together with a number of procedural changes effected by the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, enabled the restoration of power-sharing devolution to occur. Against the background of its legislative and policy record and the wider altered state of Northern Ireland, it concludes that the contrived consociational model of governance can work, up to a point, but perhaps as much because of the politics of constraint than consociationalism's much vaunted promise to reflect and engender the politics of accommodation. Adapted from the source document.

The article assesses the post-"devolution day" operations of the Assembly, examining the committees' functions, the often rancorous partisan & intraparty bickering, the propensity for privacy rather than transparency, & the effects of work overload & poor coordination with the Executive. Although fruitful & even consensual policy debate (especially on social issues) is taking place, further procedural reforms should focus on improving efficiency, transparency, & full partnership with the Executive in policy making & legislation. K. Coddon

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Provides a narrative analysis of the emergence of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition & its performance at the 1996 Forum Election. Data from a postal survey of 70 of its candidates (67% response rate) are drawn on to explore the opportunities & constraints that face women seeking candidacy & election in a divided society in which they have experienced a history of low electoral representation. It is concluded that the informal requirements of candidacy & electability that typically disadvantage women in liberal democracies are enhanced in the context of armed patriarchy. 1 Table, 60 References. Adapted from the source document