Managing a Peace Process
An Interview with Jonathan Powell
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Spencer (University of Portsmouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-455 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2010.497643 |
| OpenAlex | W2007908473 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This is an extended interview with Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff for the Blair government from 1997 to 2007, about the Northern Ireland peace process and the negotiations and talks which led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and a power‐sharing Assembly led by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Féin in 2007. The interview seeks to reveal what Powell and the British considered as key motivations and intentions in the peace process, such as choreography, momentum and ambiguity, as well as bring to light other perhaps less acknowledged but equally important factors, such as inter‐personal relations and trust. The interview is necessarily wide‐ranging in order to highlight the extent of considerations which came into play in order to keep the peace process on track. As such, it serves as a useful point of reference for further studies about the politics of conflict management and transformation, inviting us to think about the importance of individual forces at work, but within a context of multiple influences and pressures
Ambiguity · Business · Democracy · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |