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2013.
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| Summary/Abstract |
In their article published in this journal, 1 Edwards and McGrattan charge that some of us who have written about the peace process in Northern Ireland "risk complicity in reproducing the terroristic narratives that inspired and perpetuated the conflict" (p. 357). Although the McCarthy-like logic of this argument would not normally warrant a scholarly response-if one studies, writes about, or heaven forbid seeks to understand Republicanism or Loyalism one risks reproducing "terroristic" narratives (whatever these are)-the piece is so riddled with inaccuracies, false dichotomies, and tendentious claims that we have been moved to reply. Moreover the introductory hook to their argument-that the Northern Ireland example of peacemaking is being misinterpreted in terms of countering violent Islamic extremism in Britain-requires that their arguments be critiqued lest they be taken seriously in policy circles.
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