The IRA apology of 2002 and forgiveness in Northern Irelands's troubles: A cross-national study of printed media

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-113

  Ferguson, Neil ^a,d   Binks, Eve ^a   Roe, Mícheál D ^b   Brown, Jessica Nee ^b   Adams, Tiffany ^b   Cruise, Sharon Mary ^c   Lewis, Christopher Alan ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Governing Council of the International Society of Political Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOPOLITICS; MEDIA ROLE; PEACE PROCESS; POLITICAL VIOLENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 85047279862     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0094026     Document Type: Article

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