Deliberative Democracy in Northern Ireland
Opportunities and Challenges for Consensus in a Consociational System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20075022 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Hayward (0000-0001-7229-2653, Queen's University Belfast, corresponding author), Katy Hayward |
| Year | 2014 |
| Pages | 11-34 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Democratic Deliberation in Deeply Divided Societies (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137357816_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2503800338 |
| ISBN | 9781137357816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 33 |
The Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement of April 1998 is, in essence, a consociational arrangement which sees power shared between elites from two political blocs in Northern Ireland: unionism and nationalism.1 When parties signed the Agreement, in effect they agreed to accept the prospect of two divergent aspirations: Northern Ireland could remain in the United Kingdom, which was what unionist parties wanted, or it could be integrated into a single Republic of Ireland, as sought by nationalist parties. As a consequence, although benefitting from the devolved, stable and carefully balanced governance made possible by consocia-tionalism, Northern Ireland’s peace process is imbued with a sense of underlying lack of resolution. And as a result of this uncertainty, short-term political capital is gained within competing blocs at the expense of long-term social change in the common interest
Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Management · Nationalism · Northern ireland · Political capital · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power sharing · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration
Community Conversations
Authority and Deliberative Moments
Spitting across the barricades
Better not talk? A mixed-methods experimental analysis of avoiding sensitive issues in post-conflict settings
The Vulnerability of the Northern Ireland Settlement
Participatory consociationalism? No, but South Tyrol's Autonomy Convention is evidence that power‐sharing can transform conflicts
The Perception of the Legitimacy of Citizens’ Assemblies in Deeply Divided Places? Evidence of Public and Elite Opinion from Consociational Northern Ireland
Why Deliberative Democracy?
The Foundations of Deliberative Democracy
Consociational Theory
Power sharing and international mediation in ethnic conflicts
Political man
Participatory Democracy and the Challenge of Dialogue across Difference
Democratic PietyComplexity, Conflict and Violence
Democratic Piety
Democracy Ancient and Modern
Hearing the Other Side
Consensus Voting and Party Funding
Survey Article
Governing after the Rights Revolution
Experimenting with a Democratic Ideal
Risks and Responsibilities
Deliberative Democracy and Social Choice
In Defence of Apathy
Deliberating across Deep Divides
Gender and consociational power-sharing in Northern Ireland
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict
Building Democracy While Building Peace
Divided Societies and Deliberative Democracy
Consociational Democracy
Dilemmas in a general theory of planning
Deliberative Democracy in Divided Societies
Consociationalism and its critics
Post-Conflict Risks
Does Affirmative Action Work? Evidence from the Operation of Fair Employment Legislation in Northern Ireland
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |