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Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921-39

The Moral Economy of Loyalty

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  1. Christopher J. V. Loughlin

    1. Belfast, United Kingdom

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  • Offers the first account of the interwar Belfast labour movement 'from below'
  • Challenges existing accounts which asserted the centrality of religion and sectarian conflict in the establishment of Northern Ireland
  • Places the labour movement within historiographical debate on the Irish Revolution and the ‘failure’ of class politics on the island

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921–39: The Moral Economy of Loyalty

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 1-29

  3. Belfast Labour, Nationalism and Sectarianism

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 31-66

  4. Building the ‘Great March’ of Progress

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 67-93

  5. Labour, Law and the State in Northern Ireland, 1921–39

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 95-116

  6. Women and Belfast Labour Politics

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 117-140

  7. Conclusion: Belfast Labour, Civil Rights and the Politics of Disloyalty

    • Christopher J. V. Loughlin
    Pages 141-146

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 147-162
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About this book

This book provides the first ‘history from below’ of the inter-war Belfast labour movement. It is a social history of the politics of Belfast labour and applies methodology from history, sociology and political science. Christopher J. V. Loughlin questions previous narratives that asserted the centrality of religion and sectarian conflict in the establishment of Northern Ireland. Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921-39 suggests that political division and violence were key to the foundation and maintenance of the democratic ancien régime in Northern Ireland. It examines the relationship between Belfast Labour, sectarianism, electoral politics, security and industrial relations policy, and women’s politics in the city. 

 



Authors and Affiliations

  • Belfast, United Kingdom

    Christopher J. V. Loughlin

About the author

Christopher J. V. Loughlin is an independent researcher and graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has previously published a number of journal articles, as well as contributed chapters to David Convery (ed.), Locked Out: A Century of Irish Working-Class Life (2013) and Michael Pierse (ed.), A History of Irish Working-Class Writing (2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921-39

  • Book Subtitle: The Moral Economy of Loyalty

  • Authors: Christopher J. V. Loughlin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71081-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71080-8Published: 15 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89035-7Published: 04 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71081-5Published: 05 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 162

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Social History, History of Britain and Ireland, Political History, History of Modern Europe, Labor History

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