Northern Ireland
In Kathleen Malley Morrison (ed.) State Violence and the Right to Peace: An International Survey of the Views of Ordinary People, Santa Barbara, 2009, pp. 17–31
Abstract
(from the chapter) Many countries have suffered terrorism and civil strife in recent times. Because of its long history of civil strife, recent struggles over civil rights, differing political outlooks of two opposing groups, and recent progress toward peace, Northern Ireland is a country where citizens’ perspectives on governmental aggression and peace may have some unique characteristics compared with countries currently involved in armed conflict, or countries characterized by decades of peace. To investigate these perspectives, the Personal and Institutional Rights to Aggression and Peace Survey (PAIRTAPS) was administered to a sample of 102 participants in Northern Ireland in December 2007. After expanding on the historical-political context of present world views in Northern Ireland, we report on the major themes emerging from the sample’s qualitative responses to items about governmental aggression and peace. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).