Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Staying put -- The Loyalist prison experience -- Class matters -- Fighting with history instead of guns -- Loyalism and the voluntary sector -- Loyalist feuds -- Immigrants, paramilitaries, and turf -- What to do with the paramilitaries? |
Summary |
The 1998 Belfast Agreement promised to release citizens of Northern Ireland from the grip of paramilitarism. However, almost a decade later, Loyalist paramilitaries were still on the battlefield. After the Peace examines the delayed business of Loyalist demilitarization and explains why it included more fits than starts in the decade since formal peace and how Loyalist paramilitary recalcitrance has affected everyday Loyalists. Drawing on interviews with current and former Loyalist paramilitary men, community workers, and government officials, Carolyn Gallaher charts the trenchant divisions that emerged during the run-up to peace and thwart demilitarization today. After the Peace demonstrates that some Loyalist paramilitary men want to rebuild their communities and join the political process. They pledge a break with violence and the criminality that sustained their struggle. Others vow not to surrender and refuse to set aside their guns. These units operate under a Loyalist banner but increasingly resemble criminal fiefdoms. In the wake of this internecine power struggle, demilitarization has all but stalled. Gallaher documents the battle for the heart of Loyalism in varied settings, from the attempt to define Ulster Scots as a language to deadly feuds between UVF, UDA, and LVF contingents. After the Peace brings the story of Loyalist paramilitaries up to date and sheds light on the residual violence that persists in the post-accord era |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Ulster Volunteer Force.
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Ulster Defence Association.
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Loyalist Volunteer Force.
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SUBJECT |
Loyalist Volunteer Force fast |
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Ulster Defence Association fast |
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Ulster Volunteer Force fast |
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Ulster Volunteer Force gnd |
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Ulster Defence Association gnd |
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Paramilitary forces -- Northern Ireland
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Political violence -- Northern Ireland
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Protestants -- Political activity -- Northern Ireland
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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Paramilitary forces
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Politics and government
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Political violence
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Protestants -- Political activity
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Unionisten
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Paramilitärischer Verband
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Politiskt våld -- Nordirland.
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Protestanter -- politisk verksamhet -- Nordirland.
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Fredsarbete -- Nordirland.
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Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004239
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Northern Ireland
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Nordirland
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Nordirland -- politik och förvaltning.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2007018951 |
ISBN |
9780801461583 |
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0801461588 |
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