Catholics in Northern Ireland: Changing Political Attitudes, 1968–2018

Coakley, John

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-78804-3_3

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“…These assumptions are challenged by surveys demonstrating that Protestant attachment to the union is stronger than Catholic support for the cause of a united Ireland (Coakley, 2018). Despite this evidence, interest in the ‘sectarian headcount’ is sustained – in part because of the ambiguity that exists regarding the triggering of a border poll.…”

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Census politics in Northern Ireland from the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit: Beyond the ‘sectarian headcount’?

Cooley

2020

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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While ethno-national demography has featured significantly in political and scholarly debates about Northern Ireland, little attention has been paid to the politics of the Northern Ireland census itself. This article addresses this gap by exploring census politics since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. It demonstrates that the border poll provision of the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit have increased the political salience of census results, with the 2021 census now being anticipated by many as a potential referendum trigger. Against this background, I argue that new census questions – on religious background and national identity – have had significant consequences for debates about the constitutional future. Introduced in order to satisfy requirements stemming partly from equalities legislation, an unintended consequence of the religious background question has been to reinforce ‘two communities’ narratives in constitutional debates, whereas the national identity question has served to problematise assumptions about relationships between identity and constitutional preferences.

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Section: The Changing Context Of the Census: Good Friday ‘Border Polls’ And Brexitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Census politics in Northern Ireland from the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit: Beyond the ‘sectarian headcount’?

Cooley

2020

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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Catholics in Northern Ireland: Changing Political Attitudes, 1968–2018

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Census politics in Northern Ireland from the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit: Beyond the ‘sectarian headcount’?

Census politics in Northern Ireland from the Good Friday Agreement to Brexit: Beyond the ‘sectarian headcount’?

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