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Equality and equity: An emerging government policy in northern ireland

Knox, Colin; Hughes, Joanne (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1994)

A series of equality and equity measures has been introduced by the British Government to tackle the seemingly intractable problems of Northern Ireland. These measures represent a range of initiatives in the areas of social ...
The ‘Deserving’ Victims of Political Violence: ‘Punishment’ Attacks in Northern Ireland

Knox, Colin (Criminal Justice: The International Journal of Policy and Practice, 2001)

The plight of the victims of political violence in Northern Ireland and the enduring suffering of their families has recently assumed much greater public prominence. Some see this new-found concern by government for victims ...
‘An Acceptable Level of Violence’ Community Response to Crime: Northern Ireland and South Africa

Knox, Colin; Monaghan, Rachel (The Journal of Conflict Studies, 2001)

This paper, drawing on focus group interview material, will therefore examine ways in which the communities in Northern Ireland and South Africa have responded to crime both during the conflict and thereafter. If the raison ...
Establishing Research Legitimacy in the Contested Political Ground of Contemporary Northern Ireland

Knox, Colin (Qualitative Research, 2001)

Despite the plethora of literature on the macro politics of Northern Ireland, there is a dearth of material on grassroots activity, in particular the dynamic between communities and paramilitary groups which enforce ‘law ...
‘See no evil, hear no evil’: Insidious Paramilitary Violence in Northern Ireland

Knox, Colin (British Journal of Criminology, 2002)

Northern Ireland has been variously described as having an ‘imperfect peace’ in which ‘acceptable levels of violence’ persist. Despite the endorsement of the main political parties to the principles of ‘democracy and ...
Violence in a Changing Political Context: Northern Ireland and South Africa

Knox, Colin; Monaghan, Rachel (2003)

Northern Ireland and South Africa are moving from conflict to post-conflict societies. Both countries have new political dispensations and seek to eschew the legacy of bitter and bloody violence. The history of the political ...
‘Joined-Up’ Government: An integrated response to communal violence in Northern Ireland?

Knox, Colin (Policy and Politics, 2003)

The growing recognition that social problems are multi-faceted and need to be tackled in a way which cut-across traditional departmental boundaries has heralded the advent of joined-up government. Yet this new emphasis ...
Democratic Renewal in Fragmental Communities: The Northern Ireland Case

Knox, Colin (Local Governance, 2003)

Northern Ireland is perhaps the locus extremis of fragmental communities in the United Kingdom. The ethno-national tensions and political violence that have ravaged the Province for over 30 years continue unabated at a ...
Fear of Reprisal – Researching Intra-Communal Violence in Northern Ireland and South Africa

Knox, Colin; Monaghan, Rachel (2003)

Measuring the impact of violence is fraught with problems, not least because of the definitional problems around what constitutes violence and how this might be quantified. If one considers violence perpetrated by ...
Improving Public Services: Public Administration Reform in Northern Ireland

Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Journal of Social Policy, 2004)

The devolved government in Northern Ireland set about the task of putting in place ‘a modern and effective system of public administration that can deliver high quality public services to our citizens’. It did so through ...
Special Issue on Northern Ireland “Devolution, Governance and the Peace Process”

Carmichael, Paul; Knox, Colin (Terrorism and Political Violence, 2004)

Devolution and the associated mechanisms of governance - a power-sharing Executive, elected Assembly, cross-border bodies, a reformed system of public administration and civic engagement, are part of the wider mosaic of ...
Devolution - the Northern Ireland Way: An Exercise in 'Creative Ambiguity'

Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Environment and Planning Series C, 2005)

Devolution in Northern Ireland followed directly from the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement which provided, inter alia, for a democratically elected Assembly ‘inclusive in its membership, capable of exercising executive ...
The Reform of Public Administration in Northern Ireland: From Principles to Practice

Carmichael, Paul; Knox, Colin (Political Studies, 2005)

The system of public administration in Northern Ireland has, perhaps inevitably, been of secondary concern amid over 30 years of inter-communal sectarian strife. Faced with combating terrorism, successive UK governments ...
Community planning in Northern Ireland: Participative Democracy in Practice?

Knox, Colin (2005-01)

Local Government in Northern Ireland entered a new phase of its development in April 2015 when 26 pre-existing councils were reduced to 11 local authorities with a range of additional functions. This structural change is ...
Bureau Shuffling? The Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland

Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Public Administration, 2006)

The Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement 1998 resulted in the return of devolved government to Northern Ireland and, with it, a decision by the Executive and Assembly to conduct a radical review of public administration. As the ...
Political parties

Pelizzo, Riccardo (2006)

Building on the work by Huntington (1968) and Panebianco (1983) this chapters discusses the relationship between corruption and the inadequate institutionalization of political parties.
The Review of Public Administration

Knox, Colin; Carmichael, Paul (Manchester University Press, 2007)

As the outcomes of the Review of Public Administration emerge, this chapter attempts three things. First, we consider the detail of the review process – its inception, aims and consultation processes. Second, we describe ...
Mayoralty in Northern Ireland: Symbolism or Substance?

Knox, Colin (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers, 2007)

This chapter attempts three tasks. First, it explores the context of the debate about the constitutional position and role of the chair/mayor in Northern Ireland local government since 1898, while emphasising the most ...
Devolution and Constitutional Change in Northern Ireland

Carmichael, Paul; Knox, Colin; Osborne, Bob (Manchester University Press, 2007)

This edited volume brings together researchers from the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change programme, whose projects examined Northern Ireland either exclusively or as part of a comparative project, and other ...
Building Public Service-Oriented Government in China

Knox, Colin; Qun, Zhang (The International Journal of Public Sector Management, 2007)

Purpose: Legislative hearings are a relatively new way of encouraging citizen participation in administrative law making within China. The first such hearing in Liaoning Province (Dalian City) was held in April 2005. This ...