The Impact of Terrorism on Democracy in Northern Ireland

• Main Author: Axel Schmidt
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Massachusetts Lowell 2010-11-01
• Series: Perspectives on Terrorism
• Subjects: Northern Ireland
• Online Access: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/96

The terrorist activities by the IRA for a politically united Ireland were one of the most sustained and prolonged campaigns in Northern Ireland, unparalleled in Western Europe since the World War II. Under the pressure of violence, the British government engaged in a process that delivered new constitutional arrangements combined with major legislative reforms, giving terrorist-related politicians access to the governance of Northern Ireland and control over its destiny. This article will discuss the project Mobilizing Opposition Networks to Nationalistic European Terrorism (MONNET), which analyzed the progressive undermining of democracy and human rights by terrorism in Northern Ireland with the view of developing a message to mobilize the European public against terrorism in all its forms. This article will also mention the recommendations made to the European Commission through the MONNET programme.