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A path to peace or persistence? The “single identity” approach to conflict resolution in Northern Ireland
Author(s) -
Church Cheyanne,
Visser Anna,
Johnson Laurie Shepherd
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
conflict resolution quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1541-1508
pISSN - 1536-5581
DOI - 10.1002/crq.63
Subject(s) - prejudice (legal term) , identity (music) , conflict resolution , northern ireland , persistence (discontinuity) , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , political science , psychology , ethnology , social science , philosophy , aesthetics , geotechnical engineering , engineering
The hypothesis that contact between groups can reduce prejudice has traditionally informed Northern Ireland's efforts to resolve the sectarian conflict that divides it as a society. In recent years, “single identity,” or intragroup, work has emerged as an alternative community relations approach when intergroup contact between Catholics and Protestants appears untenable.