RT Article
T1 Ethnic elites and rituals of provocation: politicians, pastors, and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 31
IS 4
SP 817
OP 835
A1 Blake, Jonathan S.
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1848977158
AB Prominent theories of ethnic conflict argue that instrumental ethnic elites incite violence in order to promote their own power. Yet this approach focuses primarily on political leaders and ignores other ethnic elites, meaning that we know little about how other influential actors think about provocation. In this paper, I present novel data from Northern Ireland on diverse elite attitudes toward polarising Protestant parades with a long history of sparking ethnic violence. Using original surveys of Protestant elected officials and clergy as well as interviews with ex-paramilitaries, this paper demonstrates that these elite groups have different, often competing, interests and opinions regarding contested parades: while politicians tend to support provocative parades, the others do not. By addressing elite actors that are often ignored, I present a more nuanced picture of elite-mass relations and ethnic mobilisation in conflict.
NO Gesehen am 14.06.2023
NO Published online: 01 Mar 2017
K1 Ethnic conflict
K1 Provocation
K1 Elites
K1 Israel
K1 Northern Ireland
DO 10.1080/09546553.2017.1289090