key vocab

Question 1

What is a Border pole?

Answer 1

a referendum/general vote on one key issue.

Question 2

What is a constitutional issues?

Answer 2

issues within ni’s constitution (how ni is governed), when a political party isn’t happy with how we are governed.

Question 3

What is ‘consent’?

Answer 3

there is no changes to be made without the majority of people in ni’s agreement.

Question 4

What was strand 1 of the GFA agreement?

Answer 4

1- the setting up of a democratic assembly and executive.

Question 5

What was stand 2 of the GFA agreement?

Answer 5

2- gaining a north- south ministerial council to ensure mutual interests.

Question 6

What was strand 3 of the GFA agreement?

Answer 6

reinforcing British- Irish council to improve relations.

Question 7

Controversial issues surrounding the aftermath of GFA?

Answer 7

1- the release of political prisoners
2- the looking into policing of ni.

Question 8

What is consociationalism?

Answer 8

democratic power sharing - that refers to major religious and national divisions within a country.

Question 9

What was the anglo-irish
agreement in 1985?

Answer 9

it gave the irish government an advisory role in NI’s government while confirming that there would be no change to the constitutional position of NI without the consent of the majority.

Question 10

What were the Brooke-mayhew initiatives?

Answer 10

the introduction of phased talks involving ni parties first and then the dublin government later. it followed the anglo-irish agreement signed by the uk and ni government. it was opposed by unionists.

Question 11

What was the Downing Street declaration in 1993?

Answer 11

announced by uk prime minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and it was the possibility Sinn Fein joining the talks, only if violence stopped for 3 months.s

Question 12

What was the 1995 Twin Track approach?

Answer 12

to make progress on the decommissioning issue and on all-party negotiations.

Question 13

What was the 1996 Mitchell report on decommissioning?

Answer 13

a set of principles which laid out the conditions for future negotiations to be based on.

Question 14

What does gerrymandered mean?

Answer 14

the manipulation of elections to favour one party.

Question 15

What is parity of esteem?

Answer 15

‘Britishness’ and ‘Irishness’ to be viewed on the same level - also the right of everyone in NI to identify as that they want.

Question 16

What is devolution?

Answer 16

Power sharing agreement between central government (Westminster) and regional government (Stormont).

Question 17

What is a Irish dimension?

Answer 17

A defined role in government of the ROI in Northern Ireland affairs.

Question 18

What was the ‘democratic deficit’?

Answer 18

March1972 - Nov 1999 while ni was administered from Westminster meant that MP’s from NI had little opportunities to influence legislation and opportunities for debate and analysis were greatly restricted. lack of significant input from the people of NI even though it directly affected them.

Question 19

What is quangos?

Answer 19

a semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government which makes senior appointments to it.

Question 20

What is direct rule?

Answer 20

enforced in march 1972
uk government takes over decision making in ni as it feels ni isn’t able to.

Question 21

What is the bill of rights?

Answer 21

what you can and cannot do according to the bill.