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Study on conflict regulation and consensus democracy model through power-sharing in Northern Ireland

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18530108
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Politics
Research InstitutionRitsumeikan University

Principal Investigator

MINAMINO Yasuyoshi  Ritsumeikan University, College of International Relations, Professor (60268141)

Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
KeywordsNorthern Ireland / Nationalism / Unionism / Political Violence / Power-sharing / Catholic / Protestant / IRA(Ireland Republican Army) / ナショナリスト / ユニオニスト / ロイヤリスト / 和平合意 / 準軍事組織
Research Abstract

This project seeks to make clear context of the peace process and structure of power-sharing in the Belfast agreement and communal politics after the Belfast agreement in Northern Ireland. It is a purpose of this project and to offer possibility of peace-making in political conflicts of the world and to develop a method and criterion for it. In this project, firstly, it was possible to find out limitation of consensus democracy model through power-sharing in the Northern Ireland a direction of the Belfast agreement and context of a model of power-sharing adopted in Northern Ireland Assembly through researching a electoral model of the single transferable vote and a pattern of political behaviour of major parties -Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party, Ulster Democratic Party, United Kingdom Unionist Party, Social Democrats and Labour Party, Sinn Fein.
For completing this project, it was held in Belfast west, north regions of Belfast and Derry area to join fieldwork together some local NGO and to interview member of local political parties. This project is established by fieldwork that is held regularly in local political parties, Catholic and Protestant communities of Northern Ireland.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2006-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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