The minority-majority conundrum in Northern Ireland: An orange order perspective

Political Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-125

  Stevenson, Clifford ^a   Condor, Susan ^b   Abell, Jackie ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Majority; Minority rights; Political rhetoric; Social Identity; Victim status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845865546     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00554.x     Document Type: Article

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