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Coulter, Colin and Shirlow, Peter (2023) Northern Ireland 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement: an introduction to the special issue. Space and Polity, 27 (1). pp. 1-16. ISSN 1356-2576
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Abstract
In this introduction, we set up a theme that runs through the special issue. There are, we suggest, two dominant readings of the Northern Irish peace process–one ‘liberal, ’the other ‘nationalist’–that see the region in the process of becoming amulticultural (neo)liberal democracy, albeit in different constitutional settings. The teleogical nature of the seperspectives means, however, that they fail to grasp what is perhaps the most essential characteristic of contemporary Northern Irish society, namely its liminality. If we are to understand the true nature of post-conflict Northern Ireland, it is imperative, we contest, to grasp its quintessential‘inbetweenness.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Northern Ireland; Good Friday agreement; liminality; peace process; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 18053 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1080/13562576.2023.2248009 |
| Depositing User: | Colin Coulter |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2024 11:18 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Space and Polity |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/18053 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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