Who are "the people"? : Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland /
Contributor(s): Shirlow, Peter
| McGovern, Mark
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Series: Contemporary Irish studies.Publisher: London ; Chicago, Ill. : Pluto Press, 1997Description: xii, 215 p. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0745312136; 9780745312132:; 074531208X (pbk.).Subject(s): Unionism (Irish politics) -- History | Religion and politics -- Northern Ireland | Protestants -- Northern Ireland![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.
Introduction: who are "the people"?: Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland / Peter Shirlow and Mark McGovern -- The character of Ulster Unionism / Arthur Aughey -- Ulster: a representation of place yet to be imagined / Brian Graham -- Suffering for righteousness's sake?: fundamentalist Protestantism and Ulster politics / Duncan Morrow -- Discourse and contemporary Loyalist identity / Alan Finlayson -- "Up to their knees"?: football, sectarianism, masculinity and Protestant working-class identity / Alan Bairner -- The culture of contentment: the political beliefs and practice of the Unionist middle classes / Colin Coulter -- Gender and Protestantism in Northern Ireland / Rosemary Sales -- "Flying the one-winged bird": Ulster Unionism and the peace process / James McAuley -- Counter-insurgency, deindustrialisation and the political economy of Ulster Loyalism / Mark McGovern and Peter Shirlow.
"We are the people" is a popular Loyalist slogan in Northern Ireland - a statement of loyalty, identity and devotion to and from Ireland's Protestants. This collection examines the meaning behind this legend, providing a critique of the issues which affect this heterogeneous community.
Includes index.