The question of how to move beyond contentious pasts exercises societies across the globe.
Focusing on Northern Ireland, this book examines how historical injustices continue to haunt …

The current trend in public policy is to valorise culture as a tool for social, economic and
political transformation. This paper offers a direct contribution to debates that seek to unpack …

This is the first such study of Operation Banner, the British Army's campaign in Northern
Ireland. Drawing upon extensive interviews with former soldiers, primary archival sources …

For more than a generation Northern Ireland was the site of one of Europe's bloodiest and
most protracted conflicts. Between 1969 and 2007 the 'Troubles', as the conflict became …

This article examines the British Army's deployment in support of the civil power in Northern
Ireland. It argues that the core guiding principles of the British approach to …

What are the dominant framings by which public inquiries understand and analyze power
dynamics in the events they examine? We draw on unique data from the Saville Inquiry into …

Public inquiries into matters of conflict and security are vitally important yet undertheorised.
This article explores the potential of inquiries for the democratic scrutiny of foreign policy …

This paper argues that micro-mobilization into armed activism is strongly motivated by the
enactment of an identity that people already have prior to their mobilization as a way to …

This article examines the shootings of 26 unarmed civilians, 14 of which proved fatal, by
members of the British Parachute regiment in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1972. The article …

There is burgeoning literature on cities that host major cultural events. However, there is
surprisingly very little empirical research focusing specifically on young people and cities of …