Warrior Talk
A study of war, peace and politics
Summary
Warrior Talk is part of the human experience in conflict situations at global, national and organizational levels and while the scale of conflict may vary, the language of war is a potent dynamic and key inhibitor of sustainable peace. A case study of the Northern Ireland peace process has been used as a background for research into Sinn Féin political discourses in the period 1969-2019. The findings indicate that republican warrior talk has evolved over five decades but continues to play a role in Sinn Féin politics. The implications of this research are applicable to other forms of conflict and particularly whether there has been protracted or intermittent episodes of violence.
This book will appeal to a varied audience: students, researchers and readers interested in peace building whether international or local. The style of the book will demystify the field of political discourse analysis and provide tools and resources to enrich the reader’s experience.
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Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations, key political actors and terms
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 An introduction to warrior talk
- Chapter 2 Decoding political discourses
- Chapter 3 The Republican Code
- Chapter 4 The political journey of Sinn Féin
- Chapter 5 ‘War is a waste if we don’t win the peace.’1
- Chapter 6 ‘A greyhound trained to race’1
- Chapter 7 Transformational discourses and warrior talk
- Chapter 8 Warrior talk and peace
- Internet sources
- Newspapers
- Journals
- Bibliography
- Index
WARRIOR TALK
A Study of War, Peace and Politics
Sally Watson
PETER LANG
Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • New York • Wien
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Abbreviations, key political actors and terms
Abbreviations
ANC: |
African National Congress and the main political force opposing Apartheid in South Africa. |
CAC: |
Continuity Army Council. |
CIRA: |
Continuity IRA, formed in 1986 and shares an ideology with Republican Sinn Féin. |
CLMC: |
Combined Loyalist Military Command grouping of loyalist paramilitaries including UVF, UFF, UDA and Red Hand Commandos. |
DSD: |
Downing Street Declaration. |
DUP: |
Democratic Unionist Party, formed by Ian Paisley. |
INLA: |
Irish National Liberation Army formed 1974 known as the military wing of the Irish republican socialist party and involved in republican hunger strikes in 1981. |
IRB: |
Irish Republican Brotherhood, predecessors of the IRA. |
New IRA: |
A merger of RAAD, Real IRA and republicans operating independently. |
NICRA: |
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. |
NIWC: |
Northern Ireland Women’s coalition. |
OIRA: |
Official Irish Republican Army, a republican paramilitary organization reluctant to get involved in the violence in Northern Ireland in 1969. Their politics was far left and focussed on uniting the six counties with the thirty-two counties into a republic with a federal structure of government. |
Details
- Pages
- XX, 248
- Publication Year
- 2021
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9781789977509
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781789977660
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781789977677
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781789977684
- DOI
- 10.3726/b16564
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2021 (June)
- Keywords
- war, peace and politics language, terms and metaphors political discourses Warrior Talk
- Published
- Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, New York, Wien, 2021. XX, 248 pp.
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