Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement [electronic resource] : History, Identity and Change /
McAuley, J.editor.
Spencer, G.editor.
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.
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Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: Politics, Identity and Change in Contemporary Loyalism; 1 Historic Loyalism: Allegiance, Patriotism, Irishness and Britishness in Ireland; 2 Loyalism in Transition: Southern Loyalists and the Irish Free State, 1921-37; 3 Post-Agreement Loyalism and the International Dimension; 4 The Politics of Fear? Provisionalism, Loyalism and the 'New Politics' of Northern Ireland; 5 From Politics to Community Development: In Discussion with Billy Hutchinson
6 The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Path to Decommissioning7 Quis Separabit? Loyalist Transformation and the Strategic Environment; 8 Transforming Loyalist Communities: A Participatory Peace Research Approach; 9 Loyalism, Orangeism and Britishness: Contemporary Synergies and Tensions; 10 Auxiliaries in the Cause? Loyalist Women in Conflict and Post Conflict; 11 Reflections on the Relationships Between Loyalism and Church; 12 Loyalist Former Prisoners and Community Development: In Discussion with Tom Roberts
13 Monitoring the Loyalist Paramilitaries: The Role of the Independent Monitoring Commission in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 2003-0914 Loyalism: Political Violence and Decommissioning; 15 The Contemporary Politics of the Ulster Defence Association: In Discussion with Jackie McDonald; 16 'Bound by Oath and Duty to Remember': Loyalism and Memory; 17 Loyalist Perspectives on Apology, Regret and Change; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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