Redressing displacement in Northern Ireland

Identity, land and dealing with the past

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5719708
AutoresLuke Moffett (0000-0003-2567-0118, Queen's University Belfast, autor correspondente), Cheryl Lawther (0000-0002-2510-3386, Queen's University Belfast), Kevin Hearty (0000-0001-9702-8859, Queen's University Belfast)
Ano2023
Volume106
Páginas102941
Data de publicação2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPolitical Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0962-6298 • E-ISSN: 1873-5096
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102941
OpenAlexW4385372951
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas49

Northern Ireland has been an active site of transitional justice; however, the geographical and spatial implications of violence on housing, land and property issues have remained on the margins of academic, policy and practitioner attention. This is despite mass displacement and housing being key grievances at the outset of the conflict/Troubles in Northern Ireland. Nevertheless, this article explores the institutions and redress schemes brought in during the conflict to mitigate these violations, including the creation of an independent housing body the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Paying particular attention to the impact of families and communities in rural and urban areas, the article finds that individualised redress processes during ongoing violence continues to replicate the long history of segregation and social mistrust. Moreover, redress offered tended to reinforce notions of loyalty to the state and underlined the difficulties of resolving housing and land issues during ongoing violence, which continues to reverberate during peacetime through continuing displacement and physical segregation

Displaced person · Economic Justice · Political economy · Political science · Redress · Refugee · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration