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Paying for Peace

Comparing the EU's Role in the Conflicts in Northern Ireland and Kosovo

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ID8093624
AuthorsJames Hughes (0000-0002-8516-7402, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume8
Issue3-4
Pages287-306
Publication date2009-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1744-9057 • E-ISSN: 1744-9065
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17449050903086914
OpenAlexW1984765375
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

The conflicts in Northern Ireland and Kosovo are among the most important recent conflicts in Europe for the EU's ambition to develop a role and capacity in conflict management. The EU has frequently presented Northern Ireland as a ‘model’ for conflict management, but it is not clear what the substantive elements of the model are, or whether lessons have been transferred to other cases such as Kosovo. The EU's role in both conflicts is analysed, in particular as regards the impact of its immense funding on peace-building and reconciliation, and how EU capacity in this policy field has developed over the last decade. The tensions and contradictions in EU policy are illustrated in both cases. The article concludes that core features of the model of political accommodation in Northern Ireland are the nature of the consociational institutions, the virtual absence of transitional justice, and the policy acceptance of the segregated social structures. Such lessons are not easily compatible with EU declaratory policy on conflict management

Accommodation · Conflict management · Economic Justice · Ethnology · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transitional justice · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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Unique citing works8
Citations per year0,53
Citation span2011 - 2025 (15)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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