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The Politics of Apology and the Prospects for ‘Post-conflict’ Reconciliation: The Case of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement
International Journal of Transitional Justice ( IF 1.758 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 , DOI: 10.1093/ijtj/ijaa014
Stephen Hopkins

Abstract
This article analyses the Irish Provisional Republican movement and the evolution of its approach to the politics of apology. The first section analyses recent scholarship regarding ‘political apologies’, and provides a challenge to the existing literature, which concentrates upon ‘official’ or state apologies, rather than examples involving non-state armed groups (paramilitary or ‘terrorist’ organisations). This section argues that it remains difficult to discern an adequate general model for establishing criteria for a ‘successful’ or ‘sincere’ political apology involving such groups. The second section considers a number of case studies, including the statements of the IRA in 2002, and after the Enniskillen bombing in 1987. It is argued that the Provisional movement’s apologies have not generally proven helpful to its declared aim of post-conflict reconciliation. This article argues that attempted apologies or quasi-apologies by non-state groups may not ameliorate the sense of grievance experienced by victims/survivors, and may also serve to revivify social and political ‘framing battles’ over the past.


中文翻译:

道歉政治与“冲突后”和解的前景:以爱尔兰共和党临时运动为例

摘要
本文分析了爱尔兰临时共和党运动及其对道歉政治方法的演变。第一部分分析了有关“政治道歉”的最新研究成果,并对现有文献提出了挑战,这些文献集中于“官方”或国家道歉,而不是涉及非国家武装团体(准军事或“恐怖主义”组织)的例子。本节认为,要为建立涉及此类群体的“成功”或“真诚”政治道歉建立标准,仍然难以辨别适当的一般模型。第二部分考虑了一些案例研究,包括2002年IRA的声明以及1987年恩尼斯基林爆炸案之后的声明。有人认为,临时运动的道歉通常没有证明有助于其宣布的冲突后和解的目标。本文认为,非国家团体企图道歉或准道歉可能不会减轻受害者/幸存者的不满情绪,也可能有助于复兴过去的社会和政治“框架之战”。
更新日期:2020-08-26
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