Do the Hard Things First or Beyond the Wire

Do the Hard Things First: (And Other Bloomberg Rules for Business and Politics)

Author: Michael R Bloomberg

In Do The Hard Things First, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg shares the management strategies and life lessons that have helped him build a multi-billion dollar global business and run a $60 billion city government, serving the needs of demanding business clients and diverse constituencies alike. In the words of Michael Bloomberg himself, “Over the course of both my private and public sector careers, I’ve learned a set of rules that I believe offer guidance that people of all professions will find useful. In this book, I've summed up these rules and my experience in how to follow them: from how to build a first-rate team, to create the conditions for innovation, and to know when to say ‘yes’ to your customers and when to say ‘no’.”

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Beyond the Wire: Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland

Author: Peter Shirlow

This book provides the first detailed examination of the role played by former loyalist and republican prisoners in grass roots conflict transformation work in the Northern Ireland peace process. It challenges the assumed passivity of former prisoners and ex-combatants. Instead, it suggests that such individuals and the groups that they formed have been key agents of conflict transformation. In analyzing this, the authors challenge the sterile demonization of former prisoners and the processes that maintain their exclusion from normal civic and social life.

The book is a constructive reminder of the need for full participation of both former combatants and victims in post-conflict transformation. It also lays out a new agenda for reconciliation that suggests that conflict transformation can and should begin "from the extremes".

The book will be of interest to students of criminology, peace and conflict studies, law and politics, geography and sociology as well as those with a particular interest in the Northern Ireland conflict.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables     vi
Preface     vii
Introduction     1
Understanding Political Imprisonment: Northern Ireland and the International Context     21
Prisoner Release and Reintegration in the Northern Ireland Context     42
The History and Evolution of Former Prisoner Groups     56
Imprisonment and the Post-Imprisonment Experience     76
Residual Criminalisation and its Effects     94
Community and Conflict     107
Former Prisoners and the Practicalities of Conflict Transformation     123
Conclusion: Conflict Transformation and Reintegration Reconsidered?     143
Notes     154
Bibliography     163
Index     180