CONTENTS
Northern Ireland, UK & Ireland
Still Rising: The Career Politician in the British House of Commons, the Cabi- 11
net and the Shadow Cabinet
Jamie Pow
Face To Face: The Role Of Managed Intergroup Contact In Peace-building And 29
Reconciliation
Iulia E. Padeanu
Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State, 1920-1932: A Comparative Study 45
Pete Hodson
Europe & International
Can the European Union Resolve the Life-Cycle of the Conflict in Kosovo? 59
Vebi Kosumi
Theories of Democratic Consolidation: A Mexico-Germany Comparison
77
Marcus Gustaffson
An Analysis of the Relationship between National Courts and the Court of
Justice of the European Union – Shifting from Cooperation to Superiority 93
Monika Kirilova Kirova
Political Theory
The peaking of liberal democracy: energy scarcity, food security, and insurgent 107
governance
Wayne Foord
What does Critical Terrorism Studies contribute to the study of Terrorism?
129
Aishling McMorrow
Postcolonialism and Development
141
Connor F.J. Leckey
Social Issues
Bones of Contention: the Medico-Legal Issues Relating to Charles Byrne, ‘the 155
Irish Giant’
Thomas L. Muinzer
Justice in Transitional Societies: has gender become a central issue? 167
Keith Orwin
Sectarian Interface Violence: Is it ‘Hate Crime’ or ‘Anti-Social
187
Behaviour’?
Richie Montague