Abstract
The uneasy balance between the Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland, mediated through and impacted by state attitudes and responses to civil unrest, has lasted since the partition of Ireland in 1921. This has resulted in periods of violent political conflict, most notably in the period 1969–1994, known as “The Troubles.” In April 1994, a multiparty peace agreement was signed recognizing parity of esteem between and beyond the two communities, and establishing shared organs of governance as a means of furthering political and social agendas by exclusively peaceful means.
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Rooney, N., Maskey, L. (2013). Communities and Policing in Transition: The Northern Ireland Experience. In: Silk, P.D., Spalek, B., O’Rawe, M. (eds) Preventing Ideological Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137290380_6
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