Tannam, Etain(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2004)
This paper re-visits the theme of the reasons for economic co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and whether economic co-operation spills over to political co-operation. The article examines the ...
The challenge of dealing with diversity within democracy and of creating a new
political culture in a divided society is the starting point of this paper. Using theories of recognition, these questions are examined in ...
The Northern Ireland conflict has traditionally been characterized as a sectarian conflict between two monolithic religious communities, Protestant and Catholic. As a result, little attention has been devoted to the social ...
Farrington, Christopher(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2004)
A number of authors have argued that civil society was important in bringing about political change in Northern Ireland in 1998. Through the Opsahl Commission in 1992 and the ‘Yes’ Campaign in 1998, civil society offered ...