Partition (politics)

The island of Ireland after partition between the primarily Irish nationalist Southern Ireland (today the Republic of Ireland) and the Irish unionist-majority Northern Ireland (today part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

In politics, a partition is a change of political borders cutting through at least one territory considered a homeland by some community.[1]

  1. ^ Brendan O'Leary, DEBATING PARTITION: JUSTIFICATIONS AND CRITIQUES Archived 31 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine