Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland Since 1945 The Decline of the Loyal Family

by Kaufmann, Eric; Patterson, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780719074967
• ISBN10: 0719074967
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-07-15
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

This is the first book based on unprecedented access to the archives of both the Ulster Unionist Party and the Orange Order. The history depicted in this book is of two organizations which even at the apogee of their powers in the 1950's were riven with major stresses and conflicts. It shows just how precarious the position of the Unionist and Orange elites was as they struggled to deal with conflicting demands.

Author Biography

Eric Kaufmann is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Henry Patterson is Professor of Politics at the University of Ulster.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Workers, Orange rebels and border Unionists, 1945-63	p. 17
Reform and reaction, 1963-69	p. 63
'The Mad Major and his Appeasing Government', 1969-71	p. 89
The Protestant backlash, 1971-74	p. 130
From victory to defeat, 1974-85	p. 173
Prom the 'diktat' to the peace process, 1985-2005	p. 219
Index	p. 261
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