Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
  • Diez Thomas, Hayward Katy
    Reconfiguring Spaces of Conflict: Northern Ireland and the Impact of European Integration
    in Space and Polity , Volume 12, Number 1 / April ,  2008 ,  47-62
    The Irish border has historically been one of the most contested borders in Europe. In the context of the peace process and EU membership, co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been encouraged, supported and normalised, although internal borders of segregation stubbornly remain. This paper offers a conceptualisation of borders in conflict cases and a theoretical account of how European integration can affect their transformation. Analysis of the Northern Ireland case shows there are ambiguities within integration that allow for a 'rebordering' of identities at the same time as the state border diminishes in significance.
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