Constitutional referendums and ethnonational conflict: The case of Northern Ireland

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Mac Ginty, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; ETHNIC CONFLICT; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SOVEREIGNTY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345357122     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537110412331301395     Document Type: Article

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