“From Terrorists to Peacekeepers”: The IRA's Disengagement and the Role of Community Networks

Gordon Clubb

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2014, vol. 37, issue 10, 842-861

Abstract: Utilizing interviews with former Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, Loyalists, and community workers, the article looks at how militants in Northern Ireland have helped to prevent terrorism and political violence (TPV) by adopting roles in the community. By using mobile phones, a network of former combatants emerged around interface areas in the late 1990s to contain trigger causes of terrorism, providing a unique role that the state could not. The structure of the network encouraged militant groups to follow the IRA's example to disengage—thus creating a domino effect—and the co-operation between senior militants has limited the opportunities for other groups to mobilize a campaign of terrorism.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2014.941434

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