Terroristic Narratives
On the (Re) Invention of Peace in Northern Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4087016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aaron Edwards (0000-0002-1496-9010), Cillian Mcgrattan (0000-0002-3835-5654) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-376 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546553.2010.542074 |
| OpenAlex | W1970574700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 3 |
It has been argued that a key factor in explaining the relative success of the Northern Ireland peace process is the role played by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in fostering dialogue and promoting shared space for cooperation across the communal divide. This article critically interrogates the normative import of that narrative, which implies that NGOs and CBOs occupy a higher moral ground than state-sponsored agencies. In large part this is attributed to both their indigenous character and their close proximity to terrorist violence. Indeed, several of these NGOs and CBOs are staffed by individuals who were convicted and imprisoned for terrorist-related offences. This article is less concerned with the actions of these non-state actors than with the political and moral foundations of the “peace consultancy industry,” which has grown up around the design, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of these projects. We argue that by importing tautological—and sometimes cynical—understandings of the term “peace,” these consultants risk complicity in reproducing the terroristic narratives that inspired and perpetuated the conflict in the first instance
Complicity · Criminology · Ethnology · Indigenous · Narrative · Normative · Northern ireland · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Irish and British Studies · Peacebuilding and International Security · Law
Nationalist Politics and Truth Recovery
Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland
Proscribing the past or de-proscribing the future
Tracing the Troubles through the Trees
Walking the walk
Legislating Hierarchies of Victimhood and Perpetrators
Social Immobility, Ethno-politics, and Sectarian Violence
Fearful of the Past or ‘Remembering the Future and Our Cause’? A Response to Cheryl Lawther
Unionism, Truth and the Challenge of the Past
Academic Antagonism and the ‘Resetting’ of the Northern Ireland ‘Problem’, 1969–1970
Conflict, transition and education for ‘political generosity
Spectres of History
Masculinities in Transition? Exclusion, Ethnosocial Power, and Contradictions in Excombatant Community-based Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |