From 'a shared future' to 'cohesion, sharing and integration': an analysis of Northern Ireland's policy framework documents

The task set for the Institute for British Irish Studies, University College Dublin (IBIS) was to compare and contrast two policy documents: ‘A Shared Future: Improving Relations in Northern Ireland’ (March 2005) and the ‘Programme for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration’ (July 2010) and to comment on significant differences between the documents in light of current international scholarship and research on issues of identity, cultural difference and social division in conflict and post-conflict situations.