scholarly journals Intergroup contact and the potential for post-conflict reconciliation: Studies in Northern Ireland and South Africa.

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda R. Tropp ◽  
Diala R. Hawi ◽  
Thomas C. O'Brien ◽  
Mirona Gheorghiu ◽  
Alexandra Zetes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation

Gazed and subdued? Spectacle, spatial order and identity in the contested city

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bree T Hocking
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Tourist Gaze ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Successful Model ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation ◽  
The Right

From 2012–2013, Northern Ireland was rocked by loyalist protests over limits placed on flying the British flag at Belfast City Hall. The sometimes-violent manifestations were roundly condemned by officials and business leaders as an assault on ‘Brand Northern Ireland’, a threat to the province’s reputation as a successful model of post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction. Accordingly, this article revises and updates Goffman’s concept of ‘a veneer of consensus’ to show how new regimes of political repression are inaugurated in the name of ‘tourism’. With the tourist gaze invoked by local officials as both neutral arbiter and economic imperative, the protests are subsequently assessed as a form of power negotiation, whereby symbolic contestation over the right to define the image of place in both physical and virtual spaces assumed an intensely political role.

scholarly journals Post-conflict Reconciliation, Learning with Egalitarian Peoples: South Africa after Apartheid (palabra) (pensamiento), (palabra)... Y oBra

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernedette Muthien
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation

This text deals with post-conflict resolution in post-Apartheid South Africa, and the need to learn with women-centred indigenous peoples about indigenous knowledge and technologies, especially about social and gender egalitarianism, nonviolence and prosperity through sharing. Ultimately only freeing consciousness will liberate actions and peoples, as creativity and poetry provide joy and inspiration during and after struggles.

scholarly journals Shared Education as a Contact-Based Intervention to Improve Intergroup Relations Among Adolescents in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Karl Reimer ◽  
Joanne Hughes ◽  
Danielle Blaylock ◽  
Caitlin Donnelly ◽  
Ralf Wölfer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Post Conflict

Past research has shown that intergroup contact can be a promising intervention to improve intergroup relations and that contact-based interventions might be most effective during adolescence. In post-conflict Northern Ireland, widespread residential segregation and a largely separate school system limit opportunities for intergroup contact between adolescents from the Catholic and Protestant communities. We evaluated whether a large-scale intervention to facilitate intergroup contact between students attending separate schools (the ‘Shared Education’ program) improves a range of outcomes relevant for intergroup relations in Northern Ireland. We conducted a five-wave longitudinal, quasi-experimental study that followed a large sample of school students (*N* = 5,159, *M* = 12.4, age range: 10–14 years; 2,988 girls, 2,044 boys) from 56 predominantly Catholic or Protestant schools from sixth to tenth grade. We compared the developmental trajectories of students who, in ninth (14–15 years) and tenth (15–16 years) grade, shared some classes with students from the other community, as part of the program, to students who did not. We found that participating in shared classes had a medium-size, positive effect on the amount of intergroup contact students had outside of class, and small, positive effects on students’ outgroup attitudes, outgroup trust, and intergroup empathy (but not on their intergroup empathy, future contact intentions, deprovincialization, or multicultural beliefs). Our findings show that a school-based program of shared education can provide a viable and effective intervention to facilitate intergroup contact, improve intergroup relations, and foster social integration among adolescents at a large scale in a post-conflict society.

scholarly journals The politics of youth justice reform in post-conflict societies: mainstreaming restorative justice in Northern Ireland and South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-290
Author(s):  
David O'Mahony ◽  
Jonathan Doak ◽  
Kerry Clamp
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Political Transitions ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Roll Out

Criminal justice reform plays a pivotal role in helping to foster reconciliation and peace-building in postconflict societies. In the wake of their respective political transitions, both Northern Ireland and South Africa have formulated proposals for reform of their youth justice systems based upon restorative principles. This article analyses the attempts to roll out these reforms in both jurisdictions. It considers why new youth justice arrangements have largely been well received in Northern Ireland, yet have struggled to be implemented successfully in South Africa and reflects on possible lessons to be learnt in the context of postconflict transformations.

Normative Influences on Intergroup Attitudes in Northern Ireland and South Africa

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diala R. Hawi ◽  
Linda R. Tropp ◽  
David A. Butz ◽  
Mirona A. Gheorghiu ◽  
Alexandra M. Zetes
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Normative Influences

Fundamental rights in the rainbow nation: Intergroup contact, threat, and support for newcomers’ rights in post-apartheid South Africa.

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Régine Debrosse ◽  
Megan E. Cooper ◽  
Donald M. Taylor ◽  
Roxane de la Sablonnière ◽  
Jonathan Crush
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intergroup Contact ◽  
Fundamental Rights

Engaging Diaspora in Reconciliation Efforts in Sri Lanka: Lessons Learnt

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Amjad Mohamed-Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
The World ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation ◽  
National Framework

With nearly three million Sri Lankans living overseas, across the world, there is a significant role that can be played by this constituency in post-conflict reconciliation.  This paper will highlight the lessons learnt from a process facilitated by International Alert (IA) and led by the author, working to engage proactively with the diaspora on post-conflict reconciliation in Sri Lanka.  The paper shows that for any sustainable impact, it is also critical that opportunities are provided to diaspora members representing the different communities of the country to interact and develop horizontal relations, whilst also ensuring positive vertical relations with the state. The foundation of such effective engagement strategies is trust-building. Instilling trust and gaining confidence involves the integration of the diaspora into the national framework for development and reconciliation. This will allow them to share their human, social and cultural capital, as well as to foster economic growth by bridging their countries of residence and origin.

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