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Volume 17, Number 1 (Spring 2010), Peace And Conflict Studies
Volume 17, Number 1 (Spring 2010), Peace And Conflict Studies
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The Role Of The European Union As A Peace Builder: Northern Ireland As A Case Study, Paul Arthur
The Role Of The European Union As A Peace Builder: Northern Ireland As A Case Study, Paul Arthur
Peace and Conflict Studies
The United Kingdom and Ireland joined the European Economic Community in 1973 at a time when bitter communal conflict engulfed Northern Ireland. It appeared to be a deviant case in a modernising Europe anxious to unleash the shackles of the first half of the twentieth century. In fact the unusual conjunction of conflict within a disputed region of the British/Irish archipelago and joint membership of the European Community offered an opportunity to move beyond the excessive intimacy of an ancient quarrel through different temporal and spatial lenses. This article addresses the issue of dealing with minority grievances in an inter- …