Sarah Campbell

Gerry Fitt and the SDLP (eBook, ePUB)

'In a minority of one'

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Gerry Fitt was a key political figure in Northern Ireland for over twenty years, yet there is no major historical evaluation of his contribution, nor of his legacy or place in the memory of the minority community there. Fitt played a central role in creating the identity of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) as a socialist party. Yet, he noted that he was often in an 'unhappy minority of one' over many issues and at times the relationship between himself and his party colleagues was 'very uneasy'. Drawing on unpublished party and private papers, recently released Irish and British government papers, and interviews, this book is the first academic study of the role of Gerry Fitt in the politics of the SDLP and will examine the first decade of the party through the lens of his leadership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CABI
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780719098048
• Artikelnr.: 43436632

Autorenporträt

Sarah Campbell lectures in British and Irish history at Newcastle University Sarah Campbell lectures in British and Irish history at Newcastle University

Inhaltsangabe

1. The plough and the tricolour: Gerry Fitt and the evolution of
nationalist politics in Northern Ireland, 1959-69 2. 'A varied and diverse
bunch' - the birth of the SDLP 3. 'Impaled on a hook': internment and civil
disobedience 4. Bombs and barricades: the road to Sunningdale 5. The
politics of compromise: the Sunningdale Agreement (September - December
1973) 6. 'Trundling' Unionists into a united Ireland? The power-sharing
executive in operation 7. Pidgin politics 8. 'The British must govern or
go...': The greening of the SDLP Conclusion: in a minority of one?
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