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The Prospect Of Multi-Level Voting In Post-Peace Accord Northern Ireland, Roger Mac Ginty
The Prospect Of Multi-Level Voting In Post-Peace Accord Northern Ireland, Roger Mac Ginty
Peace and Conflict Studies
This article reviews the possibility of multi-level voting in Northern Ireland in the wake of the 1998 peace accord. Post-peace accord elections can act as powerful indicators of the fate of a peace. Using Reif and Schmitt’s framework of second-order elections, it finds some evidence of varying electoral behaviour according to the electoral arena. The article also uses original data from a major opinion survey to assess public attitudes towards the suite of governing institutions with powers in or over a devolved Northern Ireland. The evidence of multi-level voting is limited and does not extend to electors abandoning ethnic voting …
Volume 10, Number 2 (Fall 2003), Peace And Conflict Studies
Volume 10, Number 2 (Fall 2003), Peace And Conflict Studies
Peace and Conflict Studies
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