Northern Ireland's Belfast Agreement has faced continual crises of implementation over a variety of security related issues. This book places the implementation of the Belfast Agreement in a wide context to provide an analysis of why implementation has been so difficult.

'Ten years on from the Belfast Agreement, this book provides a timely, refreshing and much welcomed contribution to the non-elite discourse on contemporary Northern Ireland and is particularly useful for those seeking to understand the management of conflict transformation processes beyond political agreements.' - Sandra Buchanan, Political Studies Review