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EBOOK Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199924226
EAN: 687BB8FFEB
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Stron: 276
Data wydania: 2011
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In Northern Ireland, a once seemingly intractable conflict is in a state of        transformation. Lee A. Smithey offers a grassroots view of that transformation,        drawing on interviews, documentary evidence, and extensive field research. He offers        essential models for how ethnic and communal-based conflicts can shift from violent        confrontation toward peaceful co-existence.Smithey focuses particularly on        Protestant unionists and loyalists in Northern Ireland, who maintain varying degrees        of commitment to the Protestant faith, the Crown, and and Ulster / British identity.          He argues that antagonistic collective identities in ethnopolitical conflict can        become less polarizing as partisans adopt new conflict strategies and means of        expressing identity. Consequently, the close relationship between collective        identity and collective action is a crucial element of conflict transformation.          Smithey closely examines attempts in Protestant/unionist/loyalist communities and        organizations to develop more constructive means of expressing collective identity        and pursuing political agendas that can help improve community relations. Key        leaders and activists have begun to reframe shared narratives and identities, making        possible community support for negotiations, demilitarization, and political        cooperation, while also diminishing out-group polarization.As Smithey shows, this        kind of shift in strategy and collective vision is the heart of conflict        transformation, and the challenges and opportunities faced by grassroots unionists        and loyalists in Northern Ireland can prove instructive for other regions of        intractable conflict.

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