The Politics Of Territory: Policy And Segregation In Northern Ireland

The Politics of Territory Policy and Segregation in Northern Ireland Brendan Murtagh The Politics of Territory Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict Series General Editors: Seamus Dunn, Professor of Conflict Studies and Director, Centre for the Study of Conflict; and Valerie Morgan, Professor of History and Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland With the end of the Cold War, the hitherto concealed existence of a great many other conflicts, relatively small in scale, long-lived, ethnic in character and intra- rather than inter-state, has been revealed. The dramatic changes in the distribution of world power, along with the removal of some previously resolute forms of centralised restraint, have resulted in the re-emergence of older, historical ethnic quarrels, many of which either become violent and warlike or teetered, and continue to teeter, on the brink of violence. for these reasons, ethnic conflicts and consequent violence are likely to have the greatest impact on world affairs during the next period of history. This series examines a range of issues related to ethnic and intercommunity conflict. Each book concentrates on a well-defined aspect of ethnic and intercommunity conflict and approaches it from a comparative and international standpoint. Rather than focus on the macro-level, that is, on the grand substantive matters of states and empires, this series argues that the fundamental causes of ethnic conflict are often to be found in the hidden roots and tangled social infrastructures of the opposing separated groups. It is the understanding of these foundations and the working out of their implications for policy and practical activity that may lead to ameliorative processes and the construction of transforming social mechanisms and programmes calculated to produce long-term peace. The Politics of Territory Policy and Segregation in Northern Ireland Brendan Murtagh School of Environmental Planning The Queen’s University, Belfast Northern Ireland © Brendan Murtagh 2002 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2002 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 0-333-73994-9 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue reco