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The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision

by Steve Bruce

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On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Northern Ireland `Troubles'', Ulster''s once dominant unionists are an increasingly alienated people. In this timely assessment of the prospects for peace, Steve Bruce examines the embittered world-view of two ... Read more
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Northern Ireland `Troubles'', Ulster''s once dominant unionists are an increasingly alienated people. In this timely assessment of the prospects for peace, Steve Bruce examines the embittered world-view of two key sections of Ulster unionism: the loyalistterrorists and the evangelical supporters of Ian Paisley.To get to the heart of the unionist position Bruce asks how they see the last twenty-five years, what they want from the future, what they think they will get, what they will accept, and what they will fight to oppose.He describes the Troubles as a deeply entrenched ethnic conflict. He argues that a failure to appreciate the strength of Loyalist identity has prevented a proper understanding of the Troubles and that continued neglect of the majority makes strategies for peace pointless orcounter-productive. Less

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File size7.72 X 5.08 X 0.55 in
Print pages188
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date July 1, 1994
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780198279761
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Steve Bruce
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Steve Bruce is an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. He taught at The Queen's University, Belfast, from 1978 to 1991 and since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology at the University ...

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