dc.contributor.author | Compton, P.A | |
dc.contributor.author | Boal, F.W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-23T16:24:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-23T16:24:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1970 | |
dc.identifier.citation | P.A Compton, F.W. Boal, 'Aspects of intercommunity population balance in Northern Ireland', Economic and Social Research Institute, Economic and Social Review, Vol.1 (Issue 4), 1970, 1970, pp455-476 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0012-9984 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/68805 | |
dc.description.abstract | The population of Northern Ireland is probably unique in that it is composed of two groups of people each of which can be characterized as a 'minority'. Conventional wisdom has it that at present there is a dominant Protestant majority wishing to maintain political links with Great Britain, and a Catholic minority desirous of closer links with, i f not absorption by, the Irish Republic. The seeming paradox of two minorities is explained, on the one hand, by the existence of the current Catholic minority; and, on the other, by a Protestant group, in the majority at present, fearing that in time it will become a minority. As the recent Commission on Disturbances in Northern Ireland said '. . . among Protestants there are deep-rooted suspicions and fears of political and economic domination by a future Catholic majority in the population'. This fear is partly caused by the knowledge that the average size of Catholic families is significantly larger than average non-Catholic families. Out of this situation has sprung rumour and counter-rumour concerning the precise current population balance between the two communities. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Economic & Social Studies | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Economic and Social Review | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol.1 (Issue 4), 1970 | |
dc.subject | Demographics | |
dc.subject | Northern Ireland | |
dc.title | Aspects of intercommunity population balance in Northern Ireland | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |
dc.publisher.place | DUBLIN | |
dc.rights.ecaccessrights | OpenAccess | |
dc.format.extentpagination | pp455-476 | |