‘Democracy’ in Northern Ireland
Experiments in Self-rule from the Protestant Ascendancy to the Good Friday Agreement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23635583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Mcgarry (0000-0002-5590-7115), Brian O’leary (0000-0002-6786-8715), Brendan O'Leary |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 323-351 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Northern Ireland conflict (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/0199266573.003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W4237815516 |
| ISBN | 9780199266579 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
Pierre van den Berghe has argued that democracy in divided societies can take five different forms: Herrenvolk democracy, ethnic democracy, liberal democracy, multicultural democracy, and consociational democracy. This chapter argues that each of these five ostensible versions of democracy, or relatives of them, has been experimented with in pre-partition Ireland and Northern Ireland. While all have clear limits, the one that is most suited to Northern Ireland's conditions is consociational democracy. The chapter discusses some limits of the consociational approach, but also defends it against common criticisms.
Democracy · Direct democracy · Ethnology · Liberal democracy · Multiculturalism · Northern ireland · Partition (number theory) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Mathematics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Turkey's Politics and Society
Conflict and peacemaking in multiethnic societies
The Northern Ireland Agreement
Globalization, European Integration, and the Northern Ireland Conflict
Comparing Jewish Societies
Northern Ireland and the Divided World
Nationalism Reframed
Multicultural Citizenship
Northern Irish Voters and the British–Irish Agreement
The state and the nations
Political Settlements in Northern Ireland and South Africa
Northern Ireland
Multicultural democracy
The politics of antagonism
Proving our points on Northern Ireland (and giving reading lessons to Dr. Dixon)
The influence of the South African transition on the Northern Ireland peace process
The return of assimilation? Changing perspectives on immigration and its sequels in France, Germany, and the United States
Minority status in an ethnic democracy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2010 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |