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Varför dela makten? En studie av consociationalism och Democratic Unionist Partys beslut att delta i regering på Nordirland.

Dahl, Staffan (2007)
Department of Political Science
Abstract
On the 8th of May 2007 a local power-sharing goverment consisting of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was formed in Northern Ireland. The aim of this dissertation is to explore why the DUP, who in the past have opposed all forms of power-sharing decided to form a goverment and take active part in a power-sharing agreement. The study is based on a consociational theoretical framework developed by Arend Lijphart and further developed in a Northern Irish context by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary. Using this theory the study seeks to understand the broad conditions surrounding the DUP's power-sharing. After a description of consociational theory and the road leading up to the Belfast Agreement,three possible explanations for... (More)
On the 8th of May 2007 a local power-sharing goverment consisting of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was formed in Northern Ireland. The aim of this dissertation is to explore why the DUP, who in the past have opposed all forms of power-sharing decided to form a goverment and take active part in a power-sharing agreement. The study is based on a consociational theoretical framework developed by Arend Lijphart and further developed in a Northern Irish context by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary. Using this theory the study seeks to understand the broad conditions surrounding the DUP's power-sharing. After a description of consociational theory and the road leading up to the Belfast Agreement,three possible explanations for power-sharing, based on

consociational theory are discussed. Two possible explanations are accepted as valid - firstly, the DUP elite's predominance in the Protestant bloc, and secondly, the importance of security and control over Sinn Fein as important incentives for participation in power-sharing. However, the third proposed explanation is dismissed ? namely the emergence of a new northern-irish identity as an overarching loyalty, uniting the whole population in Northern Ireland (Less)
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author
Dahl, Staffan
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
consociationalism, Northern Ireland, Belfast Agreement, DUP, powersharing, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
language
Swedish
id
1323322
date added to LUP
2007-09-05 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-09-05 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{On the 8th of May 2007 a local power-sharing goverment consisting of Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was formed in Northern Ireland. The aim of this dissertation is to explore why the DUP, who in the past have opposed all forms of power-sharing decided to form a goverment and take active part in a power-sharing agreement. The study is based on a consociational theoretical framework developed by Arend Lijphart and further developed in a Northern Irish context by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary. Using this theory the study seeks to understand the broad conditions surrounding the DUP's power-sharing. After a description of consociational theory and the road leading up to the Belfast Agreement,three possible explanations for power-sharing, based on

consociational theory are discussed. Two possible explanations are accepted as valid - firstly, the DUP elite's predominance in the Protestant bloc, and secondly, the importance of security and control over Sinn Fein as important incentives for participation in power-sharing. However, the third proposed explanation is dismissed ? namely the emergence of a new northern-irish identity as an overarching loyalty, uniting the whole population in Northern Ireland}},
  author       = {{Dahl, Staffan}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Varför dela makten? En studie av consociationalism och Democratic Unionist Partys beslut att delta i regering på Nordirland.}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}