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After the peace [[electronic resource] ] : Loyalist paramilitaries in post-accord Northern Ireland / / Carolyn Gallaher



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Autore: Gallaher Carolyn <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: After the peace [[electronic resource] ] : Loyalist paramilitaries in post-accord Northern Ireland / / Carolyn Gallaher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Ithaca [N.Y.], : Cornell University Press, 2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
Disciplina: 941.60824
Soggetto topico: Paramilitary forces - Northern Ireland
Political violence - Northern Ireland
Protestants - Political activity - Northern Ireland
Soggetto geografico: Northern Ireland Politics and government 1994-
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-238) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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?.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: After the peace  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8014-6158-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456496803321
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