Occasional Paper#9:OP:1
by Kenneth Bush

This paper examines the dynamics of identity-based conflict through a comparative case study of Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland. It is organized into four sections. The first offers some general comments on the comparison of violent conflict in Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland. The second section develops and proposes an analytic framework with which to examine identity-based conflict a framework which explicitly incorporates the intergroup and intragroup dimensions of conflict. The third section compares and contrasts the two cases and suggests some possible explanations for the differences in the patterns of violent conflict. And finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of some of the broader implications of the project for our understanding of the interconnections between identity and conflict.

Dr. Kenneth Bush is adjunct assistant professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
 

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