Resolving international border disputes
The Irish experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8123736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Coakley (0000-0003-1442-9169, University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377-398 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836716684881 |
| OpenAlex | W2573130524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 55 |
This article explores the value of a specific model of norm replacement in accounting for the circumstances leading to Ireland’s Good Friday agreement (1998), which formally and finally settled the long-running territorial dispute between Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on the theoretical literature, it identifies three phases in this process. First, from the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 until the civil unrest in Northern Ireland peaked in 1972 the irredentist norm was substantially unchallenged. It was embedded in the 1937 constitution, which defined the national territory as extending over the whole island of Ireland – including Northern Ireland, a part of the UK. The second phase, from about 1972 to 1998, was one of norm competition. The irredentist norm was severely challenged by new political realities in Northern Ireland, and was potentially destabilising for the state itself. It was increasingly challenged by an alternative ‘consent’ norm, one embracing in effect the geopolitical status quo. The third phase, from 1998 onwards, was one of consolidation of the new norm, now written into the Irish constitution to replace the wording of 1937. The article suggests that this model plays a valuable role in accounting for the changing status of the Irish border, but also that the Irish experience has implications for the broad shape of the model
Constitution · Ethnology · Geopolitics · Irish · Norm (philosophy · Northern ireland · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Status quo · Unrest · Irish and British Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Systems and Governance
The Anglo-Irish Agreement, 1985
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998
The Good Friday Agreement, 1998
Conclusion
Note on Documents
Introduction
The Downing Street Declaration and Framework Documents, 1993–1995
The Sunningdale Agreement, 1973
Peace by procedure
The Role of European Union (EU) Metagovernance in Supporting the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland
Citizen preferences about border arrangements in divided societies
The British–Irish Relationship in the Twenty-first Century
The Challenges of Powersharing in Implementing the Good Friday Agreement
Negotiating a Settlement in Northern Ireland, 1969-2019
Citizens and Peace Mediations in Divided Societies
To what extent has EU integration transformed the territorial conflict in Northern Ireland? A post-Brexit referendum re-assessment
Public attitudes to different possible models of a United Ireland
Territorial Changes and International Conflict
The structure of scientific revolutions
Chapter 18. Complex Power Sharing as Conflict Resolution
John Hume and the Revision of Irish Nationalism
Forging autonomy in a unitary state
The Danzig Question in British Foreign Policy, 1918–1920
The Dimensions of Irish Government Involvement in the Pursuit of a Settlement of the Northern Ireland Conflict
Norm antipreneurs and theorising resistance to normative change
The Future of Liberal Revolution
The European Commission's Evolving Role in Conflict Resolution
Norm challenges and norm death
Varieties of neutrality
Irish Republic’, ‘Eire’ or ‘Ireland’? The Contested Name of John Bull's Other Island
Parallel governments
Deterritorialisation, reterritorialisation, nations and states
Irish Nationalism and European Integration
The 1974–5 Threat of a British Withdrawal from Northern Ireland
Interpreting Northern Ireland
Culture and the Irish border
Northern Ireland
Reiterating National Identities
Dejustification and Dispute Settlement
The Diffusion of International Border Agreements
Thresholds of State Change
Path Dependence in Settlement Processes
Contested Constitutionalism? Northern Ireland and the British–Irish Relationship since 2010
Devolution and the Governance of Northern Ireland
Rules over Real Estate
Chipping Away at the Issues
Argumentation and Compromise
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
The Territorial Integrity Norm
Explaining the Good Friday Agreement
Sound Stupidity
Borders, Conflict, and Trade
THe politics of nuance
Revisions in nationalist discourse among Irish political parties
We the peoples? The strange demise of self-determination
Deducing rationales and political tactics in the partitioning of Ireland, 1912-1925
The transformation of the Irish border
The Approach to Self-Government
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |