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"Humespeak" : the SDLP, political discourse, and the Northern Ireland peace process
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Date Issued
2008
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Abstract
This paper explores the vital role played by the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in the formulation of a new political discourse and conceptual approach to the Northern Ireland problem. In particular, it shows how John Hume, party leader through the 1980s and 1990s, helped to propagate this discourse, and in doing so influenced policy-making in London and Dublin, and thinking within the republican movement. Although the paper emphasises the importance of this influence, it concludes by considering the reasons why the Ulster unionist community have remained so unreceptive to the political discourse of Hume and the SDLP.
Sponsorship
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Other Sponsorship
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Peace and Conflict Studies
Journal
Peace and Conflict Studies
Volume
15
Issue
2
Start Page
95
End Page
114
Copyright (Published Version)
Nova Southeastern University 2009
Subject – LCSH
Social Democratic and Labour Party (Northern Ireland)--Influence
Northern Ireland--Politics and government
Hume, John, 1937---Influence
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1082-7307
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