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Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland's Conflict, and Its Agreement
John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary1 Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland’s Conflict, and its Agreement. Part 1: What Consociationalists Can Learn from Northern Ireland I did not draw my principles from my prejudices, but from the nature of things.2 ‘What a wonderful place the world would be’, cry the devotees of each way of life, ‘if only everyone were like us’. We can now see the fallacy in this fre- quently expressed lament: it is only the presence in the world of people who are different from them that enables adherents of each way of life to be the way they are.3 CONSOCIATIONAL THEORY, DEVELOPED BY AREND LIJPHART AND other scholars, is one of the most influential theories in comparative political science. Its key contention is that divided territories, be they regions or states, with historically antagonistic ethnically, religiously or linguistically divided peoples, are effectively, prudently, and some- times optimally, governed according to consociational principles. Consociations can be both democratic and authoritarian,4 but 1 The authors thank the editors of Government and Opposition, and its two anony- mous referees, for their very helpful suggestions. McGarry thanks the Carnegie Corporation of New York for funding his research, O’Leary thanks the Lauder endowment, and both authors thank the United States Institute of Peace. 2 Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, ‘Preface’, in Anne M. Cohler, Basia C. Miller and Harold S. Stone (eds), The Spirit of the Laws, Cambridge, Cambridge Uni- versity Press, 1989 (first publication, 1748), p. xliii. 3 Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, Aaron Wildavsky, Cultural Theory, Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1990, p. -
The London School of Economics & Political Science
The London School of Economics & Political Science The Trouble with Studying the Troubles: How and Why an Epistemic Community Emerges By: Corey R Jentry A thesis submitted to the Department of Government of the London School of Economics and Political Science for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, London, 24 February 2017. 1 DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the MRes/PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others (in which case the extent of any work carried out jointly by me and any other person is clearly identified in it). The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 91,286 words. 2 ABSTRACT This research is concerned with issues of episteme, epistemology, and community. It asks how and why an epistemic community emerges? It looks at the study of the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process as covered in the British and Irish political science academy in order to answer this question. This research is thus ultimately about knowledge, knowledge creators, and the circumstances and conditions in which they develop. It is also a case study of what happens when academics engage with political events. -
Identity Politics and Women in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine
BEYOND THE ETHNONATIONAL DIVIDE: IDENTITY POLITICS AND WOMEN IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE by Siobhan Byrne A thesis submitted to the Department of Political Studies In conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada (January, 2009) Copyright © Siobhan Byrne, 2009 ISBN:978-0-494-48211-7 Abstract Beyond the Ethnonational Divide: Identity Politics and Women in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine is a comparative analysis of the conflict resolution processes and peace-building strategies employed in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine, focusing on the experiences of women’s feminist peace movements. I draw on feminist thought in the international relations and comparative politics literatures, as well as the critical identity politics literatures developed outside these fields, to demonstrate the value of broadening our understanding of social identity in conflict. In particular, I apply a post-positivist realist approach to identity to evaluate the extent to which women’s feminist peace communities develop untested ideas related to conflict resolution and peace-building in these cases. I argue that the dominant ethnonational conflict resolution literature, developed largely within the comparative politics field, advances an ‘elite accommodation’ strategy for resolving conflict that grants the most militant and sometimes violent ethnonational leaders the authority to speak for the body public during transformative constitutional moments. I propose -
(A) Mcgarry Prelims
Northern Ireland and the Divided World The Northern Ireland Conflict and the Good Friday Agreement in Comparative Perspective Edited by JOHN MCGARRY 1 CONTENTS List of Figures xi List of Tables xii List of Abbreviations xiii List of Contributors xv 1. Introduction: The Comparable Northern Ireland John McGarry 1 Part I. General and Theoretical Perspectives 2. Northern Ireland: Consociation or Social Transformation? Rupert Taylor 36 3. Comparative Political Science and the British–Irish Agreement Brendan O’Leary 53 4. The Northern Ireland Agreement: Clear, Consociational, and Risky Donald L. Horowitz 89 5. Northern Ireland, Civic Nationalism, and the Good Friday Agreement John McGarry 109 6. Unsung Heroes? The Role of Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in the Northern Ireland Conflict Feargal Cochrane 137 Part II. Comparative Case-Studies 7. From Conflict to Agreement in Northern Ireland: Lessons from Europe Antony Alcock 159 8. Northern Ireland and the Basque Country Michael Keating 181 x Contents 9. Making the Transition from Hegemonic Regime to Power-Sharing: Northern Ireland and Canada in Historical Perspective S. J. R. Noel 209 10. Northern Ireland and Island Status Adrian Guelke 228 11. Taking the Gun out of Politics: Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland and Lebanon Kirsten E. Schulze 253 12. Northern Ireland and South Africa: ‘Hope and History at a Crossroads’ Padraig O’Malley 276 13. The Tenability of Partition as a Mode of Conflict Regulation: Comparing Ireland with Palestine–Land of Israel Sammy Smooha 309 Index 337 1 Introduction: The Comparable Northern Ireland JOHN MCGARRY Northern Ireland is truly a place apart (editorial, Belfast Telegraph, 5 April 2000) For 30 years the politicians . -
2020 BOL CV April .Pdf
April 9 2020 Brendan O'Leary Curriculum Vitae Lauder Professor of Political Science University of Pennsylvania E-mail: [email protected] CITIZENSHIP Irish (& European Union) & US citizen. PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC CAREER University of Pennsylvania (2002-) 2003- Lauder Professor of Political Science 2002-3 Stanley I. Sheerr Endowed Term Chair in the Social Sciences London School of Economics & Political Science (1983-2003) 2000-2001 Academic Governor (elected) 1998-2001 Chair (Convenor) of the Government Department (elected) 1996-2002 Professor of Political Science 1983-1996 Reader in Political Science (1992), Senior Lecturer in Political Science (1990), Tenured (1988), Lecturer (A and B) in Public Administration (1983). EDUCATION Doctorate: London School of Economics & Political Science PhD Political Science 1988. Winner of the Robert McKenzie Memorial Prize for best thesis in Political Science. Thesis examiners: Professors Ernest Gellner (Cambridge) & Nicos Mouzelis (LSE). Bachelors: Oxford University, Keble College BA: Philosophy, Politics and Economics, First Class Honors, 1981. Open Scholarship, 1977-81. High School: St MacNissi’s College Northern Ireland 3 GCE Advanced Levels, 1976. 11 GCE Ordinary Level subjects, 1973-5. Primary School: Multiple in Kaduna, Nigeria; Strawberry Hill/Sunday’s Well School, Cork, Ireland, and Cloughey & Eden Primary Schools, Northern Ireland. SIGNIFICANT HONORS, PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES 2020. Winner of the James S. Donnelly Sr Prize for the 2019 best book in History and Social Science, for a Treatise on Northern Ireland (Vols I-III), American Conference on Irish Studies. 2017. ENMISA Distinguished Scholar Award of the International Studies Association (jt. winner). 2016. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Letters 2016. Elected Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2016. -
John Mcgarry and Brendan O'leary1 Consociational Theory, Northern
Government and Opposition, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 249–277, 2006 John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary1 Consociational Theory, Northern Ireland’s Conflict, and its Agreement 2. What Critics of Consociation Can Learn from Northern Ireland IN OUR FIRST ARTICLE, WE ARGUED THAT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of Northern Ireland demonstrates a number of shortcomings in classical consociational theory. Consociationalists have been overly fixated on the traditional sovereign and internationally recognized state, and have given insufficient attention to the role that external parties can play in both exacerbating conflict and, particularly, in facilitating and implementing agreements. Surprisingly, they have been too closely attached to the established nation-state in particu- lar cases, when in fact the state in question is often bi-national or pluri-national. We argued that classical consociational prescriptions gave insufficient attention to what is required to resolve self- determination, as opposed to ethnic or religious, disputes. Consoci- ationalists have also overly focused on peaceful disputes. This has led to a concentration on the design of legislative and executive institu- tions, and insufficient attention to matters that are profoundly salient in transitions from war to peace, such as military and polic- ing reform, demilitarization, human rights reform, and the treat- ment of prisoners and victims. But we are critical consociationalists, not anti-consociationalists, and we believe that the shortcomings we 1 The authors thank the editors of Government and Opposition, and its two anony- mous referees, for their helpful suggestions. McGarry thanks the Carnegie Corpora- tion of New York for funding his research. O’Leary thanks the Lauder endowment and a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship at Bellagio, and both authors thank the United States Institute of Peace.