Peace Building in Northern Ireland
A Role for Civil Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8103590 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Knox (0000-0003-4635-1204, University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-28 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746410000357 |
| OpenAlex | W2035101675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 20 |
Northern Ireland has witnessed significant political progress with devolution and a power sharing Executive in place since May 2007. These political achievements, however, conceal a highly polarised society characterised by sectarianism and community divisions, the legacy of a protracted conflict. This paper is located in the theoretical discourse between consociationalists who argue that antithetical identities cannot be integrated and advocates of social transformation who support greater cross-community peace-building initiatives through the involvement of civil society. This theoretical debate is taking place in a policy vacuum. The Northern Ireland Executive has abandoned its commitment to the previous (direct rule) administration's A Shared Future policy and is now considering alternatives broadly described as community cohesion, sharing and integration. Using a case study of a Protestant/Catholic interface community, this paper offers empirical evidence of the effectiveness of one social transformation initiative involving community groups in a highly segregated area of West Belfast
Civil society · Cohesion (chemistry · Conflict transformation · Devolution (biology · Ethnology · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Power sharing · Protestantism · Sectarianism · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development
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The Role of Youth in Post Accord Transformation in Northern Ireland
Economic Aid and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland and the Border Area
Intergroup resource distribution among children living in segregated neighborhoods amid protracted conflict
Social Immobility, Ethno-politics, and Sectarian Violence
Economic Assistance to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Community-Based Projects in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties
Class, Identity, Integration, and the Two-Tiered Peace Process
Symbols and labels
Making sense of segregation
Skills, Conflict and Spatial Planning in Northern Ireland
Three narratives in search of a city
Peace at any cost? The necessity of the On the Runs Scheme to the endurance of peace in Northern Ireland
Community asset transfer and strategies of local accumulation
Consociational Theory
Building peace
Racially Separate or Together
Unsung Heroes? The Role of Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in the Northern Ireland Conflict
The injustice of a consociational solution to the Northern Ireland problem
Northern Ireland, Civic Nationalism, and the Good Friday Agreement
Northern Ireland
Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland, Israel and South Africa
The Moral Imagination
Segregation in Northern Ireland
Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement. Part 1
What Now for the Contact Hypothesis? Towards a New Research Agenda
The Edge of the Union
The Belfast Agreement and the Politics of Consociationalism
Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies
Integrated Education, Intergroup Relations, and Political Identities in Northern Ireland
Five fallacies
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2024 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |