The Berlin walls of Belfast
The Berlin walls of Belfast
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贝尔法斯特的柏林墙
DOI：
10.1057/bp.2013.11
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
G. Robinson
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作者：
Cathy Gormley;Jonny Byrne;G. Robinson
2019年将是北爱尔兰第一道也可能是最著名的和平墙(NI)修建五十周年。这堵墙建于1969年，用于分隔天主教瀑布路和新教香基尔路。当时负责监督隔离墙建设的一名陆军少校说，这是一项临时措施，…我们不希望看到西欧再次出现柏林墙的情况…它将在圣诞节前消失。2013年，这堵墙仍然存在，现在又增加了近100堵墙和障碍物，补充了原来的墙和障碍物。这篇文章介绍了衡量当今公众对这类结构的态度的新的初步研究。政府政策界最近的一些想法表明，修建隔离墙作为应对NI冲突的可行政策现在已经结束。如果这是真的，那么现有的墙和那些住在离墙最近的人的担忧会发生什么？2013年1月泄露的一份政府报告草案建议，这些和平墙应该在2022年之前被推倒。了解公众对这一潜在举措的态度对政策制定者和实地实践者都至关重要，我们的研究结果提供了重要和全面的量化基线指标。这些指标的使用可能在某种程度上有助于今后制定和执行和平墙政策。
Year 2019 will be the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of the first and possibly still the most famous peace wall in Northern Ireland (NI). The wall was built in 1969 to separate the Catholic Falls Road and the Protestant Shankill Road. An Army Major, overseeing the construction of the wall at the time, said: ‘This is a temporary measure … we do not want to see another Berlin wall situation in Western Europe … it will be gone by Christmas’. In 2013, that wall still remains and almost 100 additional walls and barriers now complement the original. This article presents new primary research that measures public attitudes towards such structures today. Some recent thinking in government policy circles suggests that the building of walls as a viable policy response to the conflict in NI is now over. If this is true, what should happen to the existing walls and to the concerns of those living closest to them? A draft government report, leaked in January 2013, suggests that these peace walls should be brought down by 2022. Understanding public attitudes towards such a potential move is critical for both policymakers and practitioners on the ground and our research findings offer important and comprehensive quantitative baseline indicators. The use of these indicators may go some way to help shape the formulation and implementation of peace walls policy in the future.