Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement

History, Identity and Change
Herausgegeben:McAuley, J.; Spencer, G.

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Produktbeschreibung

A timely assessment of loyalist history, identity and community in Northern Ireland today which provides a comprehensive picture of how loyalism has reacted to changes since the Good Friday Agreement. Challenging simplistic stereotypes of loyalism this book provides a complex multi-faceted explanation of the loyalist imagination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-31028-9
• 1st ed. 2011
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9781349310289
• ISBN-10: 134931028X
• Artikelnr.: 45079367

Autorenporträt

KEVIN BEAN Lecturer in Irish politics at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UK STEPHEN BLOOMER Freelance Researcher working in the community and voluntary sector in Northern Ireland KRIS BROWN RCUK Post Doctoral Fellow at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, UK LEIGH-ANN COFFEY Doctoral Candidate at Queen's University, Canada AARON EDWARDS Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK LYNDSEY HARRIS Lecturer in Criminology and Security Studies at Birmingham City University, UK TOM HENNESSEY Reader in the Department of History and American studies, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK CHRIS HUDSON Unitarian Minister in All Souls Church, Belfast, UK ROGER MAC GINTY Reader at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK CATHERINE MCGLYNN Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield, UK ANDY MYCOCK Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Huddersfield, UK PHILIP ORR is a writer, researcher and drama practitioner who lives in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim NEIL SOUTHERN graduated with First Class Hons from Queen's University Belfast with a BA in Politics. He completed his PhD on religion and politics with particular reference to the Democratic Unionist Party and has written widely on Northern Ireland JONATHAN TONGE Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK and Head of the School of Politics and Communication Studies

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Politics, Identity and Change in Contemporary Loyalism; G.Spencer & J.W.McAuley Historic Loyalism: Allegiance, Patriotism, Irishness and Britishness in Ireland; T.Hennessey Loyalism in Transition: Southern Loyalists and the Irish Free State, 1921-1937; L-A.Coffe Post-Agreement Loyalism and the international dimension; R.Mac Ginty The Politics of Fear? Provisionalism, Loyalism and the 'New Politics' of Northern Ireland; K.Bean From Politics to Community Development: In Discussion with Billy Hutchinson; G.Spencer The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Path to Decommissioning; C.Hudson Quis Separabit? Loyalist Transformation and the Strategic Environment; L.Harris Transforming Loyalist Communities: a Participatory Peace Research Approach; S.Bloomer & A.Edwards Loyalism, Orangeism and Britishness: Contemporary Synergies and Tensions; A.Mycock , J.Tonge & J.W. McAuley Auxiliaries in the Cause? Loyalist Women in Conflict and Post Conflict; C.McGlynn & J.W. McAuley Reflections on the Relationships between Loyalism and Church; P.Orr Loyalist Former Prisoners and Community Development: In Discussion with Tom Roberts; G.Spencer Monitoring the Loyalist Paramilitaries: The Role of the Independent Monitoring Commission in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 2003-2009; J.G.D.Grieve Loyalism: Political Violence and Decommissioning; N.Southern The Contemporary Politics of the Ulster Defence Association: In Discussion with Jackie McDonald; G.Spencer 'Bound by Oath and Duty to Remember': Loyalism and Memory; K.Brown Loyalist Perspectives on Apology, Regret and Change; G.Spencer