Stephen Hopkins
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781846319426
- eISBN:
- 9781781381076
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846319426.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter analyses the politics of memoir-writing by British Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland (SOSNI), and their interpretations and reflections upon their terms in office in Belfast. For ...
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This chapter analyses the politics of memoir-writing by British Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland (SOSNI), and their interpretations and reflections upon their terms in office in Belfast. For many, the period of governing Northern Ireland was not central to their careers; however, for others it was a critical experience, which shaped their entire political lives. The chapter examines the process of appointing the SOSNI, and their reflections upon policy-making, and their relations with the Northern Irish parties, civil servants and the Cabinet in London. The chapter concentrates upon the following incumbents: Merlyn Rees, Roy Mason, James Prior, Mo Mowlam, Peter Mandelson and Peter Hain.Less
This chapter analyses the politics of memoir-writing by British Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland (SOSNI), and their interpretations and reflections upon their terms in office in Belfast. For many, the period of governing Northern Ireland was not central to their careers; however, for others it was a critical experience, which shaped their entire political lives. The chapter examines the process of appointing the SOSNI, and their reflections upon policy-making, and their relations with the Northern Irish parties, civil servants and the Cabinet in London. The chapter concentrates upon the following incumbents: Merlyn Rees, Roy Mason, James Prior, Mo Mowlam, Peter Mandelson and Peter Hain.
Peter Mandelson
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846310652
- eISBN:
- 9781846314155
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846314155.012
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
This chapter presents a speech by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson. He acknowledged the similarities between the Good Friday Agreement and Sunningdale, but challenged those who ...
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This chapter presents a speech by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson. He acknowledged the similarities between the Good Friday Agreement and Sunningdale, but challenged those who pessimistically thought that the former might go the same way as the latter. The lessons of Sunningdale's collapse had been learnt. The Good Friday Agreement is ‘a broader, deeper, fairer Agreement … It recognizes that everyone who has been a party to the conflict must be a party to its resolution’. The chapter outlines the part that each grouping was playing in its implementation, welcoming to the Democratic Unionist Party's participation in the executive, despite its opposition to the process itself.Less
This chapter presents a speech by Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson. He acknowledged the similarities between the Good Friday Agreement and Sunningdale, but challenged those who pessimistically thought that the former might go the same way as the latter. The lessons of Sunningdale's collapse had been learnt. The Good Friday Agreement is ‘a broader, deeper, fairer Agreement … It recognizes that everyone who has been a party to the conflict must be a party to its resolution’. The chapter outlines the part that each grouping was playing in its implementation, welcoming to the Democratic Unionist Party's participation in the executive, despite its opposition to the process itself.
Tim Butler, Chris Hamnett, Sadiq Mir, and Mark Ramsden
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847426512
- eISBN:
- 9781447302223
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847426512.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Race and Ethnicity
This chapter examines the aspiration and suburbanisation of ethnic minority groups in East London, England. It argues that the concept of aspiration underwent something of a rediscovery in the New ...
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This chapter examines the aspiration and suburbanisation of ethnic minority groups in East London, England. It argues that the concept of aspiration underwent something of a rediscovery in the New Labour renaissance, when Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson, and Gordon Brown found common ground in asserting that individual aspiration was not a dirty word but a key part of the New Labour project. The chapter explains that ethnic minorities consider aspiration and educational achievement as a key part of the process of upward social mobility.Less
This chapter examines the aspiration and suburbanisation of ethnic minority groups in East London, England. It argues that the concept of aspiration underwent something of a rediscovery in the New Labour renaissance, when Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson, and Gordon Brown found common ground in asserting that individual aspiration was not a dirty word but a key part of the New Labour project. The chapter explains that ethnic minorities consider aspiration and educational achievement as a key part of the process of upward social mobility.
