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Author:   Marie Smyth ,  Gillian Robinson
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9780745318219

ISBN 10:   0745318215
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   20 November 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

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Introduction: Marie Smyth 1. The Role and Function of Research in Divided Societies: the Case of Africa Eghosa E Osaghae 2. Does research make any difference? The case of Northern Ireland Marie Smyth and John Darby 3. Reflexivity and the Dilemmas of Identification - an Ethnographic Encounter in Northern Ireland Andrew Finlay 4. The Impermeable Identity Wall: The Study of Violent Conflicts by Insiders and OutsidersTamar Hermann 5. Research for Empowerment in a Divided Cambodia Helen Jenks Clarke 6. The Role and Process of Action Research in the Management of Violent Community Conflicts in Nigeria Isaac Olawale Albert 7. Researching Ethnic Conflict in Post Soviet Central Asia Anara Tabyshalieva 8. The Use of Epidemiological Methods in Assessing the Impact of War and Armed Conflict David Meddings 9. A Field trip to Bosnia: the dilemmas of the first time researcher Ioannis Armakolas 10. The Ethics Of Conducting Psychiatric Research In War Torn Contexts Pam Bell 11. One Size Fits All? Focused Comparison and Policy Relevant Research on Violently Divided Societies Albrecht Schnabel Conclusion Index

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Marie Smyth is an author and academic, who previously held the post of Chair in International Relations at the University of Surrey. An expert on political violence, she is the author of Truth and justice after violent conflict: managing violent pasts (Routledge, 2007), Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence (Pluto, 2003), Northern Ireland After the Good Friday Agreement (Pluto, 2002) and Personal Accounts of Northern Ireland's Troubles (Pluto, 2000). Gillian Robinson is Director of ARK (Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive) and Senior Lecturer in the School of Policy Studies, University of Ulster. She was Director of Research at INCORE, the United Nations University Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity at the University of Ulster, from 1997 to 2001.

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