Tribunes, racism and deadlock politics in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12112200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Hart (0000-0002-2535-4441, University of Huddersfield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2020.1816397 |
| OpenAlex | W3159426386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Both Sinn Féin and the DUP have successfully mobilised ethnic tribune strategies in order to secure dominance in the electoral politics of Northern Ireland. Alongside this development, Northern Irish society has become markedly more diverse as a result of increasing inward migration. While immigration has enriched the array of cultural variety in the territory, it has been accompanied by increasing evidence of high profile racism. This raises questions as to how political parties that have profited from ethnic tribune strategies might adapt to the realities of a more diverse society. This paper illustrates the manner in which Sinn Féin and the DUP have approached the issue of racism against ethnic minorities, using an in-depth, qualitative analysis of party language. The data are drawn from a series of interviews with elected representatives, party literature, and from debates in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Two key findings are discussed. Firstly, the paper notes a lack of clarity in the manner in which both parties approach the subjects of racism and sectarianism. Secondly, the paper highlights the process by which varieties of racism experienced by ethnic minorities, have become absorbed by debates traditionally associated with bi-national division in the territory
Brexit · CLARITY · Dominance (genetics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · European union · Immigration · Institutional racism · Irish · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sectarianism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Scottish History and National Identity
Parties and party systems
Applied Thematic Analysis
Tolerance and diversity in Ireland, North and South
The New Politics of Sinn Féin
Racisms
Multiculturalism
Fractures, Foreigners and Fitting In
Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement 2.-What Critics of Consociation Can Learn from Northern Ireland
Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement. Part 1
A difficult difference
The Party Politics of Post-Devolution Identity in Northern Ireland
The Belfast Agreement and the Politics of Consociationalism
Northern Ireland and the crisis of anti-racism
Tackling Racism in Northern Ireland
Using thematic analysis in psychology
Ethnic groups in conflict
Spies as Informants
Extremist Outbidding in Ethnic Party Systems is Not Inevitable
Rhetoric and the Political Theory of Ideologies
Northern Ireland
The politics of conflict
Constitutional Design for Divided Societies
From Abstentionism to Enthusiasm
Bosnia on the Border? Republican Violence in Northern Ireland During the 1920s and 1970s
When Moderate Voters Prefer Extreme Parties
Living the peace process in reverse
From Good Friday to Good Relations
Sectarianism and racism, and their parallels and differences1
| Highly cited | No |
|---|