The Radicalization of Contention in Northern Ireland, 1968-1972: A Relational Perspective

摘要: This article investigates the radicalization of contention in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1972 using a relational perspective methodological approach. Two arenas contention, movement-countermovement interactions structure political opportunities threats, are examined to understand outbreak "Troubles" Ireland. The evolution radical is explored through Quantitative Narrative Analysis (QNA), an innovative method that systematically records social actors their within event. Relying on computer-assisted story grammars [the Subject (S) - Action (A) Object (O) sequence modifiers] parse narrative data, 6,035 semantic triplets were stored database. Sequential network models used analyze database reconstruct nature among main involved Troubles. Four distinct phases conflict unveiled vi...