Center-Right Parties in Peace Processes
Slow Learning’ or Punctuated Peace Socialization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6344019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nukhet A Sandal (0000-0002-6564-7468, John Brown University), Nukhet Sandal (Brown University), Neophytos Loizides (0000-0002-0327-4643, University of Kent) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 401-421 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00971.x |
| OpenAlex | W1515211729 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article examines why center-right parties that have partly built their image around ethnic or religious identities reverse their positions to support peace arrangements. Political settlements in divided societies frequently run counter to the values of these parties and are also potentially damaging to their internal party cohesion. We argue that political learning through sustained interaction with external pro-peace allies transforms the positions of center-right parties by socializing them when it comes to their international agenda, yet the same effect is not observed in party actions within the sphere of domestic intra-communal politics. Drawing from the Cypriot and Northern Irish peace processes, we show that once these parties embrace peace agreements, they do so by balancing international and local considerations, choosing to compensate domestic constituencies on symbolic issues of less importance for the peace process yet of major significance to conservative constituencies. The study of center-right and conservative peace actors has important implications for research on mediation and international conflict since it suggests mechanisms through which policy makers can better engage with ethnic or religious parties in fragile peace processes
Christian right · Ethnic group · Human settlement · Irish · Peace and conflict studies · Peace economics · Peace movement · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
The European Union and Border Conflicts
Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict
Political Settlements in Divided Societies
The Media and the Far Right in Western Europe
The USA and the Northern Ireland Peace Process
The Separation of Islam and Nationalism in Turkey
Religion and Politics
Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes
Reintegrating Cyprus
Reintegrating Cyprus
Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement. Part 1
International Institutions and Socialization in Europe
Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society
The Conservative Stewardship of Northern Ireland, 1979–97
Political Settlements in Northern Ireland and South Africa
Extremist Outbidding in Ethnic Party Systems is Not Inevitable
Problems of Modernizing an Ethno-Religious Party
The class route to nationhood
Beyond ethno‐nationalism
Diplomacy and domestic politics
Explaining the Good Friday Agreement
Cyprus
Democracy and the Lessons of Dictatorship
Interests, Inequality, and Illusion in the Choice for Fair Elections
Religious—Nationalist Mobilization and State Penetration
Is There a (Viable) Crucial-Case Method
Explaining the Northern Ireland Agreement
Process Tracing and Elite Interviewing
Policy Paradigms, Social Learning, and the State
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |