Climate Change or Plus ca Change? An analysis of attitudes to identity, sharing and the other in Northern Ireland between 1989 and 2012

Tensions and violence between Protestants and Catholics has been the defining feature of political life in Northern Ireland for generations. While there is huge political and ideological dispute about the relative importance of religion as a causal factor in these tensions, there is little doubt that history has polarized people into political groups in which religious difference has been a critical indicator of attitude, behaviour and identity.