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In this chapter I trace the impact of sectarian ghettoization on the lives of the young in Northern Ireland. Drawing on the fieldwork conducted in Derry, I plot the effect of increased political polarisation on the sensibilities of working-class teenagers. This chapter examines how youth cultural practices reflect the ghettoization of social life and, indeed, reinforce the divisions between young Protestants and Catholics.
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© 1990 Desmond Bell
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Bell, D. (1990). Youth and Ghettoization in Northern Ireland. In: Acts of Union. Youth Questions. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21014-5_5
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