Abstract

The status of Northern Ireland has been at the heart of the Brexit impasse. Using semi-structured interviews of political elites and an original survey experiment administered to young people on both sides of the Irish border (N = 771), this study analyzes Brexit’s impact on identities and territorial attachments on the island of Ireland. The results demonstrate that political elites perceived that Brexit had greatly exacerbated intergroup tensions; whereas the survey experiment only identified a significant influence of Brexit on territorial attachment in the Republic of Ireland, and no significant effect of Brexit on attitudes was measured in Northern Ireland.

摘要

北爱尔兰的地位一直是英国退欧僵局的核心。 这项研究使用对政治精英的半结构式访谈以及对爱尔兰边境两侧（N = 771）的年轻人进行的原始调查实验，分析了英国退欧对爱尔兰岛身份和领土归属的影响。结果表明，政治精英认为英国退欧极大地加剧了集团间的紧张关系。而调查实验仅发现了英国共和国退欧对领土依恋的重大影响，而北爱尔兰没有衡量出英国退欧对态度的重大影响。