Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement: History, Identity and Change [Hardcover]

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.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 Politics of 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.SpencerKEVIN BEAN Lecturer in Irish politics at the Inslƒ%