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Path-dependence in settlement processes : explaining settlement in Northern Ireland
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Date Issued
2007-06
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Abstract
The recent literature on path dependence provides a model that can be used in explanation of ethnic conflict and settlement processes. Using Northern Ireland as a case study, this article identifies path dependent patterns of conflict embedded in long-term processes of political development whose change may interrupt these patterns. It highlights the importance of long-term state trajectories in constituting and reproducing these patterns, the generation of ‘endogenous’ processes of change and the impact of wider geopolitical processes in strengthening these. It shows how and why factors such as power, perception, networks and institutions vary in their impact on conflict and explains when they work together to produce settlement.
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Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Political Studies Association and Blackwell Publishing
Journal
Political Studies
Volume
55
Issue
2
Start Page
442
End Page
458
Copyright (Published Version)
2007 The Authors. Journal compilation 2007 Political Studies Association
Subject – LCSH
Ethnic conflict--Northern Ireland
Peace-building--Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland--Politics and government
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1467-9248
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