A Shared Narrative
A Case Study of the Contested Legacy of Policing in the North of Ireland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8400737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Hearty (0000-0001-9702-8859, University of Ulster, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1047-1066 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azu062 |
| OpenAlex | W2142525442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 61 |
This article critically examines the difficulty with creating a shared narrative in post-conflict Northern Ireland. Using the legacy of policing as a case study for drawing more general conclusions about creating a shared narrative, the article interrogates how disagreement over where to start and end the discussion and exclusivist approaches to victimhood are obstructing attainment of a shared narrative. The article analyses competing policing narratives as constructed from the lived reality of opposing ethno-nationalist collectives with different experiences in a heated ‘memory politics’ domain. Concluding with the argument that the prerequisite to successfully building a shared narrative is departure from competing ‘memory politics’ understandings of the past, the article suggests a new understanding of victimhood and perpetratorship in Northern Ireland.
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Random Violence
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Responsible Participation, Community Engagement and Policing in Transitional Societies
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Fighting Amnesia
The burden of memory
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Voices silenced, voices rediscovered
Trying to reach the future through the past’
Reconciliation for Realists
The Politics of Empathy
Myths and Memories of the N1ation
Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and its Agreement. Part 1
Policing History
Commemorating dead ‘men
The Edge of the Union
Dealing with the Past
Unionist Voices and the Politics of Remembering the Past in Northern Ireland
Denial, Silence and the Politics of the Past
Securing' the Past
Learning to Live Together
Northern Ireland 1968–2008
Paradoxes and challenges of transitional justice at the ‘local’ level
Abandoning historical conflict
Policing under fire
The Devolution of Policing in Northern Ireland
Who are the Victims? Victimhood Experiences in Postagreement Northern Ireland
Introduction
Policing, collective action and social movement theory
Writing the Past Out of the Present
Engaging History
Sectarianism Revisited
Violence, Peace, and Peace Research
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Racially Biased Policing
Misery and Company
The contours of memory in post-conflict societies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |