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Banning (and not banning ) Sinn Féin and Batasuna

Banning (and not banning ) Sinn Féin and Batasuna. Dr. Angela Bourne Roskilde University , Denmark Political Studies Association of Ireland , Trinity College Dublin, October 18-20 2013. To ban or not to ban?. Research Question.

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Banning (and not banning ) Sinn Féin and Batasuna

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  1. Banning (and not banning) Sinn Féin and Batasuna Dr. Angela Bourne Roskilde University, Denmark Political Studies Association of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, October 18-20 2013

  2. To ban or not to ban?

  3. Research Question Why do parties implicated in similar strategies of violent confrontation with established authorities in the pursuit of anti system goals receive different treatment a) over time and b) in the different states?

  4. Theory – violence and bans Existing studies generate the hypothesis that democracies ban anti-system parties that do not unambiguously reject violence

  5. Theory – tolerant and intolerant democracy • Fox and Nolte (2000) • tolerant and intolerant democracies • compare constitutional and legal regimes governing proscription and state practice • Pedahzur (2004) • immunized response • deal with subversive actions in a more comprehensive and liberal manner • militant response • employs measures which may undermine democratic standards

  6. Empirical research – institutionalist approach • Elite discourse • Parliamentary speeches on party bans in Spain, Northern Ireland and United Kingdom • Party competititon • which parties are in power and what are their views on proscription • Institutional veto players • which actors are involved in decisions on proscription and which have final say.

  7. Responses to ‘proscription dilemma’ FAVOUR ILLEGALIZATION • Discourse of intolerance • ban a response to problem of law and order • party and paramilitaries one and the same • banned party deemed ‘abnormal’ and not worthy of normal party rights • ban will contribute to end of violence FAVOUR LEGALIZATON • Discourse of tolerance • emphasise role of parties for realisation of free speech and association rights • opt to sanction individuals for illegal acts • proscription inimical to conflict resolution

  8. Party bans and discourses of tolerance and intolerance

  9. Party bans, tolerance and veto players

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