Todd, JenniferJenniferTodd2010-08-242010-08-24The author2007-10Nations and Nationalism1469-8129http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2428This thematic section of Nations and Nationalism starts from a question of substantive political importance: How does institutional change - in particular reforms towards ethno-national equality and the opening of borders - affect national identification in divided regions? It takes the case of Northern Ireland where a radical process of institutional change is underway. It uses new approaches to national identity to map different aspects of change and continuity – in categories of identity and in their interrelations and contents, in elite and in everyday popular identifications (for useful overviews, see Abdelal et al, 2003; Ashmore et al, 2004). It examines the trajectory of the Protestant minority in the Irish state to show possible repertoires of change. The authors look respectively at self-reported categories of identity, official discourses of identity, and popular understandings of nationality. The introduction outlines the relevance of this research to current comparative and theoretical debates.35544 bytesapplication/pdfenEthnic conflictNorthern IrelandEthno-national identityInstitutional changeEthnic conflict--Northern IrelandSocial change--Northern IrelandNationalism--Northern IrelandGroup identity--Northern IrelandProtestants--Northern IrelandJournal Article13456557110.1111/j.1469-8129.2007.00312.xhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/