After the peace : Loyalist paramilitaries in post-accord Northern Ireland / Carolyn Gallaher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallaher, Carolyn, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ulster Volunteer Force.

Ulster Defence Association.

Loyalist Volunteer Force.

Paramilitary forces--Northern Ireland.

Paramilitary forces.

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Political violence.

Northern Ireland.

Protestants--Political activity--Northern Ireland.

Protestants.

Protestants--Political activity.

Northern Ireland--Politics and government--1998-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xvi, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The 1998 Belfast Agreement promised to release citizens of Northern Ireland from, the grip of paramilitarism. However, it took almost a decade for the Ulster Volunteer Force to stand down and even longer for the Ulster Defence Association to do so. 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.

Contents:

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?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.

ISBN:

9780801445705

0801445701

9780801474262

0801474264

OCLC:

125403384