| ID | 081349 |
| Title Proper | Hanging flower baskets, blowing in the wind? third-sector groups, cross-border partnerships, and the EU peace programs in Ireland |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | McCall, Cathal ; O'Dowd, Liam |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The EU's Peace Programs in Ireland have promoted the cross-border activity of Third sector (voluntary and community) groups. Potentially, such activity gives substantive meaning to regional cross-border governance and helps to ameliorate ethno-national conflict by providing positive sum outcomes for "post-conflict" communities. The paper mobilizes focused research conducted by the authors to explore this potential. It finds that while regional cross-border governance has indeed developed under the Peace Programs, the sustainability of the social partnerships underpinning this governance is uncertain and its significance for conflict resolution is qualified by difficulties experienced in forming a stable power-sharing arrangement at the political-elite level |
| `In' analytical Note | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol. 14, No.1; Jan-Mar 2008: p29-54 |
| Journal Source | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Vol. 14, No.1; Jan-Mar 2008: p29-54 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Conflict Resolution ; Post Conflict |