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Policy Dilemmas in Belfast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

R. D. Osborne
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Abstract

Major policy developments in Northern Ireland concerned with socioeconomic differences between Protestants and Catholics have involved a concern with structural issues and the nature of the policy making process. These initiatives have raised considerable debate concerning the extent to which religion-specific policies are appropriate. In this article each of these initiatives is considered in detail. It is suggested that the debates in Northern Ireland could have significance in the light of proposals to develop race-specific policies in Britain.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 181 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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