TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching for democracy in the absence of transitional justice: the case of Northern Ireland
AU - Worden, Elizabeth Anderson
AU - Smith, Alan
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PY - 2017/8/21
Y1 - 2017/8/21
N2 - In many cases, political circumstances do not allow formal for transitional justice processes to occur in countries undergoing a transition from a violent past. In this paper, we ask if education can become a default front line of transitional justice work in the absence of explicit action by the state to address past injustices. Drawing from interviews with educators and using a new citizenship education programme in Northern Ireland as our case study, we argue that several factors, including organisational constraints within the education system, limit the potential of the programme for supporting transitional justice goals. While the effectiveness in this particular case is limited, Northern Ireland provides an example of a citizenship education programme that has moved away from an emphasis on national identity and embraced human rights. Other divided societies might find this model to be an effective conduit in which to promote transitional justice.
AB - In many cases, political circumstances do not allow formal for transitional justice processes to occur in countries undergoing a transition from a violent past. In this paper, we ask if education can become a default front line of transitional justice work in the absence of explicit action by the state to address past injustices. Drawing from interviews with educators and using a new citizenship education programme in Northern Ireland as our case study, we argue that several factors, including organisational constraints within the education system, limit the potential of the programme for supporting transitional justice goals. While the effectiveness in this particular case is limited, Northern Ireland provides an example of a citizenship education programme that has moved away from an emphasis on national identity and embraced human rights. Other divided societies might find this model to be an effective conduit in which to promote transitional justice.
KW - citizenship education
KW - transitional justice
KW - Northern Ireland
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/teaching-for-democracy-in-the-absence-of-transitional-justicethe--3
U2 - 10.1080/03050068.2017.1334426
DO - 10.1080/03050068.2017.1334426
M3 - Article
VL - 53
SP - 379
EP - 395
JO - Comparative Education
JF - Comparative Education
SN - 0305-0068
IS - 3
ER -