Abstract
This article explores recent proposals to deal with the past in Northern Ireland. Focusing, in particular, on the 2014 Stormont House Agreement, I argue that it is possible to begin to discern a movement within policy design to respond proactively to what I term a new politics of storytelling. This consists of an emphasis on testimony-work as a means of dealing with unresolved legacies relating to the Troubles. I suggest that that new politics lies at the centre of the proposed legislation but that it could give rise to a range of potential unintended consequences. An alternative to dealing with the past is also contained in the legislation based on historical and forensic methodologies that could act as a counterweight to those problems that I associate with the storytelling approach.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 928-946 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Parliamentary Affairs |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 28 Dec 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- Dealing with the past
- Northern Ireland
- The Stormont House Agreement
- Storytelling
- Testimony
- Truth recovery
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Cillian Mc Grattan
- School of Applied Social and Policy Sc. - Lecturer
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences - Lecturer
Person: Academic