John McGarry
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John McGarry (born 1957) is a political scientist from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast and grew up in Ballymena, County Antrim. He is currently Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of numerous influential books about the Northern Ireland conflict, many of them co-authored with Brendan O'Leary, who he met when they both attended Saint MacNissi’s College.[1]. McGarry and O'Leary's Policing Northern Ireland: Proposals for a New Start (Blackstaff Press, 1999) is considered to have had a significant influence on the work of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland.[2] He currently sits on the advisory council of the Centre for the Study of Democracy.
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- ^ Brendan O'Leary. Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
- ^ Barry White. "Patten...finding the gems in the detail", Belfast Telegraph, 1999-09-18.
