Risks and Responsibilities

Creating Dialogical Spaces in Northern Ireland

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8091284
AutoresElisabeth Porter (0000-0001-7755-1204, Southern Cross University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen2
Número2
Páginas163-184
Fecha de publicación2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Feminist Journal of Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-6742 • E-ISSN: 1468-4470
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14616740050137429
OpenAlexW2059680041
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas25

The idea that open dialogue is the key to transformative politics sounds straightforward. However, in a polity such as Northern Ireland where deep discord has intricate roots, an openness to difference is complex. I argue that dialogical spaces are created when people are prepared to engage in a risk-taking that conjoins self-disclosure with the vulnerability of being truly open to others; and are willing to bear the responsibility of mutually speaking with and listening to the plural other. First, I explain the relationship between identity, difference and political participation of women in Northern Ireland, examining alliance politics and solidarity. I offer suggestions for how difference, multiplicity and justice can be accommodated. Second, I extend beyond the specific context of Northern Ireland to evaluate the ability of feminist theories of deliberative democracy to facilitate dialogue across difference. I examine the importance of normative notions of deliberation, communication, narrative and competing needs. Third, I extrapolate from these theories the idea that the dynamic between listening and speaking creates a space to include diversity and commonality

Deliberation · Dialogical self · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology