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Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement

History, Identity and Change

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. James W. McAuley

    1. University of Huddersfield, UK

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  2. Graham Spencer

    1. University of Portsmouth, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Politics, Identity and Change in Contemporary Loyalism

    • Graham Spencer, James W. McAuley
    Pages 1-7

  3. Historic Loyalism: Allegiance, Patriotism, Irishness and Britishness in Ireland

    • Thomas Hennessey
    Pages 8-21

  4. Loyalism in Transition: Southern Loyalists and the Irish Free State, 1921–37

    • Leigh-Ann Coffey
    Pages 22-36

  5. Post-Agreement Loyalism and the International Dimension

    • Roger Mac Ginty
    Pages 37-48

  6. The Politics of Fear? Provisionalism, Loyalism and the ‘New Politics’ of Northern Ireland

    • Kevin Bean
    Pages 49-63

  7. From Politics to Community Development: In Discussion with Billy Hutchinson

    • Graham Spencer
    Pages 64-74

  8. The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Path to Decommissioning

    • Chris Hudson
    Pages 75-86

  9. Quis Separabit? Loyalist Transformation and the Strategic Environment

    • Lyndsey Harris
    Pages 87-103

  10. Transforming Loyalist Communities: A Participatory Peace Research Approach

    • Aaron Edwards, Stephen Bloomer
    Pages 104-115

  11. Loyalism, Orangeism and Britishness: Contemporary Synergies and Tensions

    • Andrew Mycock, James W. McAuley, Jonathan Tonge
    Pages 116-131

  12. Auxiliaries in the Cause? Loyalist Women in Conflict and Post Conflict

    • Catherine McGlynn, James W. McAuley
    Pages 132-146

  13. Reflections on the Relationships Between Loyalism and Church

    • Phillip Orr
    Pages 147-162

  14. Loyalist Former Prisoners and Community Development: In Discussion with Tom Roberts

    • Graham Spencer
    Pages 163-175

  15. Monitoring the Loyalist Paramilitaries: The Role of the Independent Monitoring Commission in the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 2003–09

    • John G. D. Grieve
    Pages 176-198

  16. Loyalism: Political Violence and Decommissioning

    • Neil Southern
    Pages 199-213

  17. The Contemporary Politics of the Ulster Defence Association: In Discussion with Jackie McDonald

    • Graham Spencer
    Pages 214-225

  18. ‘Bound by Oath and Duty to Remember’: Loyalism and Memory

    • Kris Brown
    Pages 226-243

  19. Loyalist Perspectives on Apology, Regret and Change

    • Graham Spencer
    Pages 244-260

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 261-288
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Huddersfield, UK

    James W. McAuley

  • University of Portsmouth, UK

    Graham Spencer

About the editors

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

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