{"product_id":"devolution-of-power-to-scotland-peter-raina-9781803742533","title":"Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: The Inner History: Tony Blair's Cabinet Papers, 1997 Volume Two, the Representative Gover","description":"\u003cp\u003e Raina's documentation provides invaluable insight into the high-powered and high-level political calculations that made it happen. It is perhaps the most signal achievement of the era and this expertly curated collection on its genesis and evolution is unquestionably of permanent value. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Professor Marc Mulholland, Professor of Modern History, Oxford)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the second volume in which Peter Raina presents the Blair government's Devolution papers. Here, the focus shifts to Northern Ireland in the midst of the  Troubles  - a situation where discrimination and bigotry in a society divided by religious and national affiliations had erupted into hatred, violence and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTony Blair, his minister Mo Mowlam and a team of civil servants and others reached for American help and worked intensely with Gerry Adams, Leader of Sinn Fein, and with the government of the Republic in the South of Ireland to bring the warring factions together. Their efforts were concentrated into an astonishing single month.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Devolution plans, as such, have not stood the test of time but, with effort from all sides, a fragile truce was achieved and a virtual end to the  Troubles . This was an enormous achievement. The papers are an object lesson in how patient diplomacy and negotiation can work, even in the most intractable of situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Raina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803742534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803742533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Peter Raina","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136161173759,"sku":"9781803742533","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d2ce9f-e424-46a0-bc13-8404a12f330a.jpg?v=1726415864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/devolution-of-power-to-scotland-peter-raina-9781803742533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}