{"product_id":"the-downing-street-declaration-and-the-origins-of-the-northern-ireland-peace-process","title":"The Downing Street Declaration and the origins of the Northern Ireland peace process","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\na {\n    text-decoration: none;\n    color: #464feb;\n}\ntr th, tr td {\n    border: 1px solid #e6e6e6;\n}\ntr th {\n    background-color: #f5f5f5;\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 15.0pt;\"\u003eThe negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998  were possible thanks to the secret conversations and ideological  debates held in the run-up to the Downing Street Declaration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: 15.0pt;\"\u003eAny ambitious attempt to explain the Northern Ireland peace process must therefore be, in part, a history of ideas. Using confidential letters and papers, often made available for the very  first time, this book reconstructs the making of the Declaration and  of the IRA ceasefire of 1994. It traces the origins of the key concepts  of ‘self-determination’ and ‘consent’ and explains how they were  reconciled, setting out a peaceful path to Irish unification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_x_x_elementToProof\"\u003e'A well-researched, thoughtful and historically-minded treatise on the Northern Ireland peace process. McBride rightly focuses on the vital Downing Street Declaration of 1993, and his detailed account respects the contingencies and complexities of Ulster's remarkable trajectory towards peace' \u003cspan class=\"markh3cb7vpvu\"\u003eRichard\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"markasoipfkwd\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDoes Counter-Terrorism Work?\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Royal Irish Academy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54809298436442,"sku":"9781802050615","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":54809298469210,"sku":"9781802050639","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/9537\/8132\/files\/Untitleddesign_6.png?v=1789660574","url":"https:\/\/shop.ria.ie\/products\/the-downing-street-declaration-and-the-origins-of-the-northern-ireland-peace-process","provider":"Royal Irish Academy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}