Unionists, loyalists, and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland
By: Lee A. Smithey
Series: Studies in strategic peacebuilding
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780195395877
Subjects: Politics and government; Protestants; Unionism (Irish politics); Attitudes; Peace-building; Religion and politics; Protestantism; Orange Order
Description: Lee Smithey examines how symbolic cultural expressions in Northern Ireland, such as parades, bonfires, murals, and commemorations, provide opportunities for Protestant unionists and loyalists to reconstruct their collective identities and participate in conflict transformation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Ethnic identity change and conflict transformation; title: Protestant unionists and loyalists; title: Mitigating murals and loyalist cultural innovation; title: The Orange Order : mitigating parades, public relations, and identity change; title: Heritage, memory, and identity work; title: Strategy, pragmatism, and public relations; title: Conclusion.