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Northern Ireland A conflict told form a Cypriot perspective

Northern Ireland A conflict told form a Cypriot perspective. European Forum Cyprus Council of Europe- British Council February 2009. Introduction and Learning Outcomes. Background of the Northern Irish Conflict Key Terms and Actors (Ulster Unionist vs. Irish Nationalist)

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Northern Ireland A conflict told form a Cypriot perspective

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  1. Northern IrelandA conflict told form a Cypriot perspective European Forum Cyprus Council of Europe- British Council February 2009

  2. Introduction and Learning Outcomes Background of the Northern Irish Conflict Key Terms and Actors (Ulster Unionist vs. Irish Nationalist) Root and Proximate Causes Initiate Questions and Comparisons

  3. Background • The conflict of “what the conflict is about” • Framing the Conflict: • Settlers vs. Indigenous people of the island • Law and Order vs. Equity and Justice • Catholicism vs. Protestantism • Ulster Unionism vs. Irish Nationalism • Loyalism vs. Republicanism

  4. Causes of Northern Irish Conflict Partition and intermingled populations Status problem (where should Northern Ireland belong?) Socioeconomic and Political Marginalization Political Violence

  5. Themes for Further Thought Geopolitical Importance Outside Intervention and mediation Linkages and De-Linkages Civil Society and Reconciliation Power-sharing

  6. Exercise Design a Cypriot executive based on the D’Hondt system with 6 (4GC, 2GC) or 9 (6GC,3GC) representatives Which parties will be represented and by how many ministers? What are the advantages or disadvantages of such a system for Cyprus?

  7. For Further Study: http://www.cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/incorepaper.htm (comprehensive background info) http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/mitchellconference/ (online recordings of lessons from Northern Ireland) MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict (Queen’s University Belfast) New Book on Consociational Theory “McGarry & O’Leary and the Northern Ireland Conflict”

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