Determinates of peace consist of 'non-violence' and 'inclusion'. To what extent have these variables been employed in creating a democratically stronger Northern Ireland?
             In the month of September 1994 the IRA announced the complete termination of military operations, signifying the start of the peace process. The 'troubles' broke out in Derry, August 1969, which followed over a quarter of a century of terrorist violence, waged by the provisional IRA, Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), and the loyalist terrorist groups; the UVF and UFF. However, the peace process has encountered major stumbling blocks in its ten-years. Gillian refers to the peace process as containing an "element of 'schizophrenia" , one which appears to "oscillate between hope and fear", an atmosphere captured in David Mckittricks journalistic account of the peace process. It could be argued that the fundamental reason for Northern Irelands troubles is its weakness in democracy. Lijphart states that democracy is a process of "accommodation" involving a combination of "division and cohesion" and of "conflict and consent." Northern Ireland unquestionably contains elements of "division" and "conflict", however levels of cohesion and consent to political accommodation are negible. Northern Ireland is effectively democratically immature. Rustow hypothesizes that "the dynamic process of democratisation itself is set off by a prolonged and inconclusive political struggle". It can be argued that Northern Ireland is its infancy stage in becoming democratically strong. In order for Northern Ireland to democratically mature through the process of "accommodation" in peace, the principles of non-violence and inclusion need to be realised.
             Gilligan highlights two distinct uses of the terms 'peace' in the discourse of the &apo...