Title After the peace : Loyalist paramilitaries in post-accord Northern Ireland / Carolyn Gallaher

Published Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2007

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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 English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ulster Volunteer Force. Ulster Defence Association. Loyalist Volunteer Force. SUBJECT Loyalist Volunteer Force fast Ulster Defence Association fast Ulster Volunteer Force fast Ulster Volunteer Force gnd Ulster Defence Association gnd Subject Paramilitary forces -- Northern Ireland Political violence -- Northern Ireland Protestants -- Political activity -- Northern Ireland SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society. Paramilitary forces Politics and government Political violence Protestants -- Political activity Unionisten Paramilitärischer Verband Politiskt våld -- Nordirland. Protestanter -- politisk verksamhet -- Nordirland. Fredsarbete -- Nordirland. SUBJECT Northern Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95004239 Subject Northern Ireland Nordirland Nordirland -- politik och förvaltning. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007018951 ISBN 9780801461583 0801461588

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