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The nature of meaning of identity in Northern Ireland after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement
Alternative Title
Religious and National identity after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement
Date Issued
2007-02
Date Available
2010-08-24T14:19:42Z
Abstract
Social identification processes can be seen as the basis of the conflict in Northern Ireland. During the conflict it can be argued that preferred social and political identities became increasingly oppositional and entrenched. This paper reviews this evidence using population level studies. It also explores trends in preferred identities since the 1998 Agreement as well as examining the patterns of preferred identity across generations with particular attention being paid to the responses of young people. In an attempt to elucidate the meaning of these identities, a series of inter-related qualitative studies that have examined constructions of national, political and religious identification are reported. These suggest a fluidity, rather than entrenchment, in post-Agreement respondents and point to the variability and complexity of identity phenomena in Northern Ireland.
Sponsorship
Higher Education Authority
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Journal
Political Psychology
Volume
28
Issue
1
Start Page
89
End Page
103
Copyright (Published Version)
2007 International Society of Political Psychology
Subject – LCSH
Identification (Religion)
Nationalism--Northern Ireland
Group identity--Northern Ireland
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Ireland, 1998 Apr. 10
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1467-9221
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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