The Edge of the Union

ISBN-13: 9780198279761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 192 str.

Steve Bruce

Opis

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 loyalist terrorists 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 or counter-productive.

Recenzje

...a concise and acerbic re-examination of themes from his previous sociological studies of the Democratic Unionist Party. Bruce does the general reader a considerable favour by cutting through the byzantine and sometimes ritualistic rhetoric of parties in Northern Ireland. It is difficult to find fault with Bruce's well-written summary...Bruce has made a valuable contribution to the study of Northern Ireland. - Gerald Hall. H-Net Reviews. May 1998.