Peace and Conflict Studies - Northern Ireland Conflict

Elections were carried out and Northern Ireland declared to be part of the United Kingdom . The British force allowed the Irish to solve their problems internally without the involvement of outside forces (Richard , 2003

Strategies to solve the disagreement should be formulated and appropriate procedures of implementation determined . The root cause of the conflict should be identified and the people involved subjected to communication in a selected language . The neutral party talking to them should be very selective in the words he chooses to use to prevent angering the parties involved , being

misquoted and sidelined as taking sides . Paradox is confusion it tends to imply the opposite of the truth . This principle should be used to convert a conflict to a constructive confrontation . The reasons of disagreeing stipulated by both parties should be merged and considered as one problem when solving the conflict . This was displayed when the IRA political party led by Gerry Adams decided to negotiate and come to an understanding with John Hume , leader of the Social Democratic Labour party and with the government officials . Religious leaders also contributed to these talks by urging the party leaders and officials to take the talks seriously so as to achieve the country 's goal Peace (Heenan , 2007

As the conflict between communities turn to civil wars , the parties involved get exhausted because their economic and social life grow to the worst , depriving them their needs and wants . Most prefer to end the conflict and continue living their normal lives . The Northern Ireland conflict encountered such a moment which lead to rise of peace groups advocating negotiation and reconciliation to end the violence . In such an instance the third-party can use the conflict transformation strategy to make the conflict less destructive thus benefiting the community This strategy engages the parties...