Victims have an absent-presence in post-conflict societies. This rather odd term is used
deliberately to capture the ambiguous and contradictory status victims have in peace …

Violently divided societies present major challenges to institutions seeking to establish
peace in places characterised by ethnic conflict and high levels of social segregation. Yet …

Mounting evidence indicates that power-sharing supports transitions to democracy.
However, the resulting quality of democracy remains understudied. Given the increasing …

This study investigates the understudied aspect of the multi-faceted nature of religious
identity and its implications for intergroup outcomes vital to (post-) conflict settings. Three …

The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 ended a protracted violent conflict in Northern Ireland
and became an international reference point for peace-building. Negotiating a Settlement in …

Much more recent tensions arising in the latter part of 2012 and the early months of 2013
saw Northern Irish society convulsed by a series of widespread demonstrations led onto the …

The education system in Northern Ireland (NI) is complex with the diversity of management
structures reflecting religious affiliation and academic selection. Within the system …

This book examines ethnoterritorial conflict and reconciliation in Ireland from the 1916
Rising to Brexit (2021), including the production and consequences of the island's two …

This article argues that post-conflict consociational arrangements in ethnically divided
societies incentivize moderation by political parties, but not policy differentiation outside the …

Despite political progress in Northern Ireland, the polity may arguably only fully stabilise
when its population regards themselves as 'Northern Irish'rather than merely as subsets of …