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Adapting consociation to Northern Ireland
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Date Issued
2010-03-12
Date Available
2010-08-13T13:56:56Z
Abstract
This paper looks at the concept of consociational government (or the principle of fully-fledged power sharing) as it has evolved in recent comparative studies of the politics of divided societies. It describes the stages through which this concept moved to the centre of the political agenda in Northern Ireland, based on contributions by policy makers, academics, journalists and others. It reviews the difficult history of efforts to translate this principle into practice, noting the challenge posed by strong political cultural resistance to any principle other than the majoritarian, Westminister model. It looks at the stages by which powerful objections to consociation—in particular from unionists—gave way to a more matter-of-fact acceptance of this principle, and considers the factors which lay behind this transition.
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Not applicable
Other Sponsorship
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Discussion Papers : Breaking Patterns of Conflict series
8
Subject – LCSH
Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1969-
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
Conference Details
Presentation at the conference “Breaking patterns of conflict: the Irish state, the British dimension and the Northern Ireland conflict”, Institute for British-Irish Studies, University College Dublin, 12 March 2010
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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