Post-conflict Transformation
The Process of Institutional Legitimation of the Police in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12891771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Anna Gordon (0000-0002-6352-1255, Kingston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-157 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449050701858555 |
| OpenAlex | W2061556025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article explores the complex nature and role of the reform of state institutions in facilitating and underpinning peace building and post-conflict transformation. Using the case study of police reform in Northern Ireland post the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, it considers the potential for institutional reform to legitimate state structures historically rejected as partisan or corrupt. The historical absence of legitimacy of policing in Northern Ireland created a context where police reform became a central plank—both real and symbolic—in the constitutional redesign of the state of Northern Ireland itself. The responses of the two dominant communities of Northern Ireland to the role of the police embodied the core constitutional questions which had historically divided the parties in the conflict. This article analyses the Patten Commission model of policing reform and its implementation process, considering, in particular, the implementation of three core strands of reform—representation, human rights and accountability—and the contribution each has made towards the institutional legitimation of the police in Northern Ireland and the post-conflict transformation process more generally
Accountability · Commission · Conflict transformation · Context (archaeology · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Northern ireland · Political science · Politics · Security Sector Reform · Sociology · State (computer science · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Irish and British Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Administration
Building peace
Identity and violence
Justice and the Politics of Difference
Peacebuilding in Postconflict Societies
Justice and the Politics of Difference
A New Beginning’ for Policing
Patterns of Policing and Policing Patten
Contemporary Peacemaking
Governing After the Human Rights Act
Policing under fire
The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing
| 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 |