The Influence of Religion and Ethnonationalism on Public Attitudes towards Amnesty : Northern Ireland as a Case Study

The 2011 Northern Ireland Social and Political Attitudes Survey was collected by John D. Brewer and Bernadette C. Hayes and was funded by the Leverhulme Trust under the Compromise After Conflict Programme (Grant no. F/00/152/AK).Peer reviewedPostprin

Integrated education, intergroup relations, and political identities in Northern Ireland

Published as Hayes, BC., McAllister, I. & Dowds, L. (2007). 'Integrated education, intergroup relations, and political identities in Northern Ireland.' Social Problems 54(4) pp. 454-482.© 2007 by Society for the Study of Social Problems, Inc. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted on behalf of the Society for the Study of Social Problems for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® on Caliber, http://caliber.ucpress.net/ or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center, http://www.copyright.com.Non peer reviewedPublisher PD

Religious Differences in Electoral Turnout among Women in Northern Ireland

Funding: This study was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (Award: ES/L007320/1).Peer reviewedPostprin

The role of women in post-conflict societies remains an unfinished project.

Some feminist authors have argued that peace settlements have the potential to perpetuate gender inequality by privileging communal unity over the rights of women. Bernadette C. Hayes and Ian McAllister assess this perspective in the case of Northern Ireland. They find that while the 1998 Good Friday Agreement contained provisions for gender equality, it was primarily framed around national identity. This may explain why significantly fewer women in Northern Ireland are supportive of devolution than men

LGBT rights in Northern Ireland: a war by other means

Despite lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights being at the centre of policy agendas, the way those rights are being viewed in post-conflict societies remains under-researched. In starting to address this gap, Bernadette C. Hayes and John Nagle look at the case of Northern Ireland. They find that nationalist parties support those rights as part of their broader agenda on equality, while unionists view them as a means deployed by nationalists to attack unionist identity. They write that understanding these conflicting views is not only crucial in designing power-sharing institutions, but in considering how other minority groups might end up being left behind

The Northern Ireland agreement: an explication of a political milestone

'Am Karfreitag, den 10. April 1998 wurde das Nordirlandabkommen von allen politischen Parteien Nordirlands unterzeichnet. Sowohl von den politischen Kommentatoren und politischen Beobachtern wurde das Hauptziel des Abkommens, das Unvereinbare zu vereinbaren, als eine bedeutende Errungenschaft angesehen, nämlich die beiden religiösen Gemeinschaften in Nordirland, die Protestanten und Katholiken, die Unionisten und Nationalisten, die Loyalisten und die Republikaner in einem gerechten und dauerhaften Abkommen, das die unterschiedlichen Traditionen respektiert, zusammenzubringen. In welchem Ausmaß wurde dieses Ziel erreicht? Um eine Antwort auf diese Frage zu finden und ein Verständnis davon zu vermitteln, wie das Abkommen versucht, einen akzeptablen politischen Kompromiß für beide religiösen Gruppen zu finden, richtet sich dieser Artikel auf die folgenden drei Streitfragen: Zunächst werden Hintergrundinformationen im Sinne von aktuellen sozialen und politischen Beziehungen zwischen den beiden religiösen Traditionen präsentiert. Es folgt ein kurzer historischer Überblick über die Intensität und das Ausmaß des Konfliktes, wie auch sein Einfluß auf die laufenden demokratischen Entscheidungen in dieser Provinz. Schließlich werden die eigentlichen Bedingungen des Abkommens, seine öffentliche Akzeptierbarkeit unter den beiden religiösen Gruppen ebenso wie die Chancen für einen friedlichen und andauernden Ausgleich in Nordirland geprüft.' (Autorenreferat)'On Good Friday, the 10th April 1998, the Northern Ireland Agreement was formally endorsed by all the major political parties in Northern Ireland. Considered a landmark achievement by both political analysts and commentators alike, the primary purpose of the agreement was to reconcile the irreconcilable; to bring together the two religious communities of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, Unionist and Nationalist, Loyalist and Republican, in an equitable and lasting accommodation that would respect their differing traditions and heritage. To what extent was this objective met? To answer this question and to provide an understanding of how the agreement sought to find a political compromise acceptable to both religious communities, this article addresses the agreement in terms of the following three issues. First, some background information in terms of the current social and political relations between the two religious traditions in Northern Ireland is presented. This is followed by a brief historical overview of the scale and intensity of the conflict as well as its impact for current democratic governance within the province. Finally, the actual terms of the agreement, its public acceptability among the two religious communities, as well as its chances of achieving a peaceful and lasting settlement within Northern Ireland are examined.' (author's abstract)

Ethnonationalism and attitudes towards same-sex marriage and abortion in Northern Ireland

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions. Funding The 2015 Northern Ireland General Election Survey was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK (Award: ES/L0073220/1). The data is publicly available from the UK Data Service.Peer reviewedPostprin

Ethnonationalism and Attitudes Towards Gay and Lesbian Rights in Northern Ireland

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The quality of mercy: how religion and ethno-nationalism influence attitudes towards amnesty in Northern Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement gave political resonance to concepts like amnesty, forgiveness and mercy – all of them familiar from the lexicon of religion. John D Brewer and Bernadette C Hayes found that religious and ethno-national identity in Northern Ireland both influence public attitudes towards amnesty. In particular, belief in the Bible as the literal word of God is a significant predictor of people’s support for retribution

There is a need to develop both a victim-led and victim-centred approach to dealing with the legacy of Northern Ireland’s violent past

The conflict in Northern Ireland is now largely at an end, with violence only occurring infrequently. In its aftermath, argue John D. Brewer and Bernadette C. Hayes, it is important to develop an approach which is both led by, and centred around, the victims of conflict on both sides