The Edge of the Union

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-827976-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 213 g

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: loyalist terrorists and the evangelical supporters of Ian Paisley.

To get to the heart of the unionist position, he 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.

Professor Bruce describes the Troubles as a deeply entrenched ethnic conflict. He argues that a failure to appreciate the strength of the loyalist identity has prevented a proper understanding of the Troubles, and that continued neglect of the majority makes strategies for peace pointless or counter-productive.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bruce, Steve

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Bruce is the author of God Save Ulster! The Religion and Politics of Paisleyism (OUP, 1986) and The Red Hand: Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland (OUP, 1992), which sold around 6,000 copies each. He makes regular media appearences as an expert on Northern Ireland.