A shared future: territoriality, pluralism and public policy in Northern Ireland

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-278

  Graham, Brian ^a   Nash, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community relations; Consociation; Equity; Pluralism; Policy; Space; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EQUITY; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645857650     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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