Peace Building in Northern Ireland: A Role for Civil Society
| dc.contributor.author | Knox, Colin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-01T03:27:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-01T03:27:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 sectarianismand 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. | ru_RU |
| dc.identifier.citation | Colin Knox; 2010; Peace Building in Northern Ireland: A Role for Civil Society; Social Policy and Society; http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2292 | ru_RU |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2292 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | ru_RU |
| dc.publisher | Social Policy and Society | ru_RU |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.title | Peace Building in Northern Ireland: A Role for Civil Society | ru_RU |
| dc.type | Article | ru_RU |