Rebels' perspectives of the legacy of past violence and of the current peace in post-agreement Northern Ireland: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-88

  Burgess, Mark ^a   Ferguson, Neil ^b   Hollywood, Ian ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defiance; Paramilitary; Peace; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845865004     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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