Discrimination Against Catholics - Northern Ireland the Politics of a Divided Society - Past Exam, Exams of Political Science

Download Discrimination Against Catholics - Northern Ireland the Politics of a Divided Society - Past Exam and more Exams Political Science in PDF only on Docsity! Semester 2 AUTUMN REPEAT Examinations 2009/ 2010 Exam Code(s) 3BA1, 3BA5, 3BA6, 4BA4, 4BA8, 1EM1, 1OM1 Exam(s) 3rd Arts Module Code(s) SP647.ii Module(s) Northern Ireland: The Politics of a Divided Society Paper No. Repeat Paper External Examiner(s) Dr. Paul Mitchell Internal Examiner(s) Professor Chris Curtin Mr. Michael Donnelly Instructions: Answer THREE questions, Duration TWO Hours No. of Pages Department(s) Political Science & Sociology Course Co-ordinator(s) Mr Michael Donnelly Requirements: MCQ Handout Statistical Tables Graph Paper Log Graph Paper Other Material SP647.ii Northern Ireland: The Politics of a Divided Society Answer three questions: at least one from each section Time allowed 2 hours Section A 1. The liberal democratic notion of statehood suggests that one of the pre- conditions for a state’s legitimacy rests on the consent of its people to be ruled by those who exercise power over them. Did the establishment of Northern Ireland in 1921 represent a violation of this tenet? 2. How useful is the ethnic conflict paradigm of analysis in enabling a clearer understating of the nature of the Northern Ireland conflict? 3. ‘There is little doubt that there was discrimination against Catholics during the Stormont period; the academic debate revolves around the extent of that discrimination.’ Discuss, with reference to both J. J. Whyte and other relevant studies. Section B 4. Was it the deliberate intent of the organisers of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association to foment political dissent and cause a crisis within the state leading to its eventual overthrow? 5. Critically assess the roles played by the two central governments of both Ireland and the U.K. in respect of developing a peace process for Northern Ireland. Was it marked by continuity or discontinuity? 6. Does the recent agreement between Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party represent the completion of the Belfast Agreement of 1998? Or are there still such fundamental difference between them that may make shared governance inherently unstable?