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Multiple temporalities in violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, the Basque Country and Macedonia
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Date Issued
2015-10
Date Available
2015-12-10T15:21:35Z
Abstract
Political violence must be placed in its temporal context if we are to understand its causes, course, and the dangers that remain when it ends. Doing so reveals causal processes that are missed in wider and flatter generalisations – the social relations and structural processes of long provenance that increase the propensity to violence and determine the success or failure of settlement initiatives. Long-term structures can be changed, and small changes in them may make a big difference in outcome. The actors most able to change them are powerful states and international actors. This is a difficult and costly task and they may be tempted to stop when political agreement is reached. We have argued that much more is needed.
Sponsorship
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Other Sponsorship
Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
Type of Material
Book Chapter
Publisher
ECPR Press
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Part of
Bosi, Lorenzo; Ó'Dochartaigh, N. and Pisoiu, D. (eds.). Political Violence in Context: Time, Space and Milieu
ISBN
9781785521447
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