Deprivation and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1922-1985

J. L. P. Thompson
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J. L. P. Thompson: Columbia University

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1989, vol. 33, issue 4, 676-699

Abstract: Terrorist movements are discussed under the rubric of social movements that generate collective violence. Deprivation theory is tested with multivariate time-series regression models, with controls for security force levels and industrial production. Findings are: (1) although Northern Ireland suffers from high unemployment, increases in fatal violence are not related to rises in unemployment; (2) the violence has a tendency to perpetuate itself, independently of its stimuli; (3) the conflict is unrepresentative of clashes between state and insurgent forces in that most of the fatalities in it are not attributable to the security forces; and (4) further explanations should incorporate both political factors and mechanisms that contribute to the escalation process. Several possibilities are explored.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002789033004005

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