On Northern Politics

The writings selected here are based mainly on talks and lectures delivered by Dr Norman Porter during the period 1994-1998. This period, stretching from paramilitary ceasefires through to the signing and endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement , represented the most promising in Northern Ireland 's history. Norman Porter's advocacy of political change , as reflected in these writings, captured something of the period's promise. His advocacy also triggered fears and resistance, forms of which a