Northern Ireland: where is the peace dividend?
本文利用英国国际发展部的‘国家建设促进和平’模型，分析北爱尔兰和平进程的脆弱性，指出北爱尔兰行政当局为维持合法性和稳定，未能满足公众改善生活质量的期望。
Northern Ireland has been described as a ‘post conflict’ society with a stable political environment following the peace process, and yet it is a hugely segregated society with significant social deprivation. With peace came the promise of a ‘peace dividend’ for those most affected by the violence. This paper uses the Department for International Development's (DFID) ‘state building for peace’ model as a way of understanding and analysing the fragility of the peace process, in particular how the Northern Ireland Executive, in order to maintain legitimacy and stability, has failed to meet public expectations to improve the quality of their lives.