Northern Ireland's Troubles: The Human Costs

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This work provides a background to the Northern Ireland conflict. The authors investigate the human effect of the violence, looking at the geographical, religious, gender and age distribution of deaths due to the "troubles". They analyse the impact of the activities of the various armed participants, and examine the relationship between deprivation and levels of violence. Looking at suicide rates, levels of prescribed drug use, and mental health admissions, they examine the social impact of the conflict. They then compare this with the impact on the economy - GDP, unemployment levels, and public expenditure, putting forward a positive agenda for dealing with the effects of conflict, and for moving away from violence, towards peace.

About the author

Marie-Therese Fay is the Research Officer with the Cost of the Troubles Study in Belfast. She is the co-author of Northern Ireland’s Troubles (Pluto Press, 1999) and Personal Accounts From Northern Ireland's Troubles ((Pluto Press, 2000).

Mike Morrissey was Senior Researcher on The Cost of the Troubles Study and is the Director of the Urban Institute, University of Ulster. He is the co-author of Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and City Visions: Imagining Place, Enfranchising People (Pluto, 2002).

Marie Smyth is an author and academic, who previously held the post of Chair in International Relations at the University of Surrey. An expert on political violence, she is the author of Truth and justice after violent conflict: managing violent pasts (Routledge, 2007), Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence (Pluto, 2003), Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and Personal Accounts of Northern Ireland's Troubles (Pluto, 2000).

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