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Ethnicity in Northern Ireland and Kosovo

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This chapter explores the dynamics of ethnicity in Kosovo and Northern Ireland, tracing the conceptualisation of ethnic identity in the conflicts in both cases. Concepts of ethnic identity are explored in context and the two cases are compared, with Kosovo having minority ethnic communities that are mostly indigenous and Northern Ireland having mostly immigrant or migrant minorities (except for the indigenous Irish Traveller community). The experience of minorities in the conflicts of Northern Ireland and Kosovo are discussed, such as attacks on the Roma community in Kosovo. Minority ethnic representation in the two post-conflict polities is then described.

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    Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities, now no longer in existence.

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Potter, M. (2020). Ethnicity in Northern Ireland and Kosovo. In: Inclusion in Post-Conflict Legislatures. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25536-7_7

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