Ulster loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement: history, identity and change

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. JAMES W. McAULEY is Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, and Professor of Political Sociology and Irish Studies in the School of Human and HealthSciences at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He recently completed two major projects on Orangeism (with Jon Tonge), funded by the ESRC, and on former paramilitary prisoners (with Jon Tonge, Peter Shirlow and Catherine McGlynn) funded by the Leverhulme Trust. His latest book, 'Ulster's Last Stand? (Re)Constructing Unionism after the Peace Process' was published in 2010. . GRAHAM SPENCER is Reader in Politics, Conflict and the Media at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has written widely on Northern Ireland. His books include 'Omagh;Voices of Loss' and 'The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland'. His current research is concerned with Protestant identity and peacemaking in Northern Ireland and the problems of forgiving and remembering in post-conflict society. INDICE: 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 Politicsof 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'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22885-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido