Alan Bruce
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National Changhua University of EducationLocation
Ireland IrelandOccupation
Chief Executive Officer ULSIndustry
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This new paper by Dr Bruce has been published in the the Journal of Conflictology, Open University of Catalonia, vol. 4, no. 2 (2013). Since the final conclusion of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the violent conflict and military operations convulsing the state of Northern Ireland since 1969 appeared over and peace restored. Despite this, profound mistrust and division remains. This paper examines the factors influencing historic conflict in Ireland with reference to the acceptable forms of governance in a deeply divided society with antagonistic and diametrically opposed concepts of citizenship, allegiance and sovereignty. The changes have been fundamental and profound: absence of m...