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Debating partition : justifications and critiques
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Date Issued
2006
Date Available
2010-07-15T14:12:29Z
Abstract
Political partitions—fresh political borders cut through at least one community’s homeland—have been regularly commended to resolve national, ethnic and communal
conflicts. The strongest five political arguments in their favor are presented in this article. The neglected question of how partitions may be implemented is also
considered. Then the seven most powerful political arguments of anti-partitionists are treated. Partition should only be considered when there is a high degree of confidence that genocide or mass expulsions will occur, and its proponents should consider that preparing for partition may precipitate the awful outcomes it is nominally intended to prevent.
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Not applicable
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
78
MFPP Working Paper
28
Copyright (Published Version)
The author, 2006
Subject – LCSH
Partition, Territorial
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Revised version of portion of a paper presented at final conference of the Mapping
frontiers, plotting pathways: routes to North-South cooperation in a divided island
programme, City Hotel, Armagh, 19-20 January 2006
ISSN
1649-0304
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