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Consociational Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland: Uncertain Stability [Kietas viršelis]

Edited by (University of Johannesburg, South Africa), Edited by (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 453 g, 11 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Sep-2025
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032864958
  • ISBN-13: 9781032864952
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 453 g, 11 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
  • Serija: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Sep-2025
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032864958
  • ISBN-13: 9781032864952
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Consociational Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland, from leading scholars in the field, explores the evolution and challenges of consociational power-sharing in Northern Ireland for politics and societal relations.



Consociational Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland, from leading scholars in the field, explores the evolution and challenges of consociational power-sharing in Northern Ireland for politics and societal relations.

Contributors to the book highlight that scholarship on consociational democracy anticipates political stability and continuous integration in post-conflict societies. However, over twenty-five years on from the Good Friday Agreement concerns remain about the adequacy of consociational power-sharing to ensure a fully functional form of government capable of providing stability and of addressing deeper political and social issues: While violence is absent, ethno-national identities remain in a state of a fragile equilibrium, and aspirations for significant progress on key issues like truth, justice, mutual respect, and socio-political inclusion have not been met. The reasons as to why this is so, and what can be done to rectify it, are central to the arguments that animate this timely book.

Consociational Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland will be of great interest to students and scholars in political science, law and constitutionalism, nationalism and ethnicity, and those interested in related topics in sociology and criminology. It will also appeal to practitioner communities related to powersharing, political representation and constitutional politics.

Recenzijos

"This is a vital book on Northern Irelands consociational political arrangements. A collection of leading authors critically dissect the strengths and weaknesses of power-sharing between rival blocs. Although public support for the Good Friday Agreement remains strong, episodic collapses of the political institutions created by that 1998 deal have led to calls for reform. This volume analyses the value of power-sharing; explores the extent to which fragility is in-built within the polity; considers whether a consociation can ever degrade the bloc divisions it manages; and assesses how its democratic institutions might evolve. The book is an essential read for anyone wanting to better understand the difficult dynamics of managing a divided society."

Jonathan Tonge, Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool

"Northern Irelands peace was never meant to stand still. This urgent and unflinching collection reveals the cracks beneath the surfacefractured identities, stalled reforms, and politics in flux. With sharp contributions from leading voices including Brendan OLeary, Matthijs Bogaards, Joseph Ruane, and Jennifer Todd, it asks the hard questions: what was promised, what was delivered, and what still lies ahead? Essential reading for anyone navigating the challenges of post-conflict consociational democracy."

Michael Kerr, Professor of Conflict Studies, King's College London

"This collection captures a moment at which the shine has come off consociationalism in Northern Ireland. These essays confront the challenges in applying consociational ideas in Northern Ireland amid the upheavals of Brexit and demographic shift, and the groups marginalised as a result. This makes for essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the process by which a society outgrows the strictures imposed by such a governance order and the challenges inherent in adapting such arrangements."

Colin Murray, Professor of Law and Democracy, Newcastle University

'Agarin and Taylor have assembled an impressive range of contributors to offer a comprehensive perspective on Northern Irelands consociational conundrum, which remains a paradigmatic case of ethnic conflict regulation. Individually and collectively, they explore what has and has not worked well since the original agreement in 1998. The intellectual depth of the analysis is outstanding, making this collection required reading for any student of the political dynamics of divided societies.'

Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham

1: Northern Irelands Uncertain Stability 2: Configurations of
Consociation and Antinomies of Accommodation: Explaining the Trajectories of
Settlement in Northern Ireland 3: The Uncertainties of Political Stability
4: Governing with Basic Consensus: Public Attitudes to Power-Sharing in
Northern Ireland 5: For Gods Sake Get Up and Walk! Fostering the Spirit of
Accommodation in Northern Ireland 6: Unintended Consequences of
Consociational Institutions: The Case of Northern Ireland 7: A Critical Mass
of Crises? Openings for Others 8: Consociational Power-Sharing and
Sectarianism: A Critical Race Theory Perspective 9: Gender, Sexuality, and
Consociationalism in Northern Ireland 10: Cross-Segmental Parties and
Political Stability in Northern Ireland 11: The Persistance of the Communal
Binary in Consociational Thought: A Genealogical Critique 12: Beyond
Consociationalism: From Conservative Communalism to Civic Cosmopolitanism 13:
Preparing for the End of Consociational Power-Sharing? 14: Consociationalism
and the Accommodation of Ethno-National Conflict in a United Ireland
Timofey Agarin is Reader in Comparative Ethnic Conflict at Queens University Belfast, UK. He is author of Minority Rights and Minority Protection in Europe (with Karl Cordell, 2016) and has published in journals such as the International Political Science Review, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and Representation.

Rupert Taylor is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, Queens University Belfast, UK. He is author of Systemic Racism in South Africa: Humanity Lost (2024) and the editor of Consociational Theory: McGarry and OLeary and the Northern Ireland Conflict (2009) and Third Sector Research (2010).