Sectarian, recreational, or anti-social? Interpreting juvenile violence in post-conflict Belfast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12564699 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Théo Leschevin (0000-0002-3985-6901, Université Paris Cité, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-95 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-2576 • E-ISSN: 1470-1235 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13562576.2023.2260154 |
| OpenAlex | W4388494872 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
In North Belfast, in 2018 and 2019, street violence involving groups of teenagers from unionist and nationalist communities resurfaced. To explain the persistence of this problem in contemporaneous Northern-Ireland, I focus on the obstacles local actors face when assessing the nature of this public problem. I return to the notion of 'recreational rioting', and how its critique led to debates on whether those behaviours were political or not: this unsettled controversy characterises the stalemate in the management of juvenile violence. I argue that this situation reveals a liminal moment in increasing interdependencies between unionist and nationalist communities
Criminology · Ethnology · Liminality · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Stalemate · Anthropology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Policing Practices and Perceptions
Building Peace in Northern Ireland
Frame analysis
Riot, Unrest and Protest on the Global Stage
What’s Recreational about ‘Recreational Rioting’? Children on the Streets in Belfast
Are There Politics in Childhood
Reclaiming urban narratives
Political Presence and the Politics of Noise
Sectarian and nonsectarian violence
Young people’s voiceless politics in the struggle over urban space
Subject, action and polis
Community Worker Perspectives on the Use of New Media to Reconfigure Socio-spatial Relations in Belfast
Diversifying from within
Violence in the Lives of Children and Youth in “Post-Conflict” Northern Ireland
Recreational rioting
Northern Ireland a generation after Good Friday
Young People's Everyday Politics in Post-conflict Sri Lanka
Social Identity and Youth Aggressive and Delinquent Behaviors in a Context of Political Violence
Issue Framing and Public Opinion on Government Spending
The Interdependence of Israeli and Palestinian National Identities
Localising peace
A feel for the frame
Sociologie pragmatique
The Narcissism of Minor Differences
War, peace and suicide
Violent Youth Culture in Northern Ireland
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |