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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallaher, Carolyn, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paramilitary forces--Northern Ireland.

Paramilitary forces.

Political violence--Northern Ireland.

Political violence.

Protestants--Political activity--Northern Ireland.

Protestants.

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

Northern Ireland.

Ulster Volunteer Force.

Ulster Defence Association.

Loyalist Volunteer Force.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9780801461583

0801461588

OCLC:

732957106