Deprivation and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1922-1985

A Time-Series Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6283330
AutoresJohn L P Thompson (0000-0002-5089-0967, Columbia University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1989
Volumen33
Número4
Páginas676-699
Fecha de publicación1989-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002789033004005
OpenAlexW1980927123
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas37

Terrorist movements are discussed under the rubric of social movements that generate collective violence. Deprivation theory is tested with multivariate time-series regression models, with controls for security force levels and industrial production. Findings are: (1) although Northern Ireland suffers from high unemployment, increases in fatal violence are not related to rises in unemployment; (2) the violence has a tendency to perpetuate itself, independently of its stimuli; (3) the conflict is unrepresentative of clashes between state and insurgent forces in that most of the fatalities in it are not attributable to the security forces; and (4) further explanations should incorporate both political factors and mechanisms that contribute to the escalation process. Several possibilities are explored

Criminology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Rubric · Sociology · State (computer science · Terrorism · Unemployment · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence