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Anti-Sectarianism and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Peace Building Beyond Ethnicity

Anti-Sectarianism and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland: Peace Building Beyond Ethnicity

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General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 303158774X
ISBN13: 9783031587740
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 14 2025
Pages: 139
Language: English

This book addresses the limitations of dominant ways of thinking about and doing politics in Northern Ireland. Arguing for the foregrounding of anti-sectarianism as a way of displacing the divisive dynamics of religion and nationalism, it provides a new lens for studying Northern Ireland. Drawing upon a close reading of the political philosophy of Jacques Rancière, the book aligns anti-sectarianism to the ways that people refuse affiliation with the traditional ethnic values and practices. It describes this refusal as dis-identification, and reveals how dissensus acts as an alternative to the displacing of equality. Returning equality and equality claims-making to a clear position of visibility, the book provides a radical rethinking of Northern Ireland a quarter century beyond the 1998 peace accord. It will appeal to all those interested in politics and peacebuilding studies.

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