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Aaron Edwards - A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party: Democratic Socialism and Sectarianism - 9780719086380 - 9780719086380
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A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party: Democratic Socialism and Sectarianism

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Description for A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party: Democratic Socialism and Sectarianism Paperback. This book is the first, definitive history of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), a unique political force in twentieth century British and Irish politics that drew its support from Protestants and Catholics and became electorally viable despite deep-seated ethnic, religious and national divisions. Series Editor(s): Fielding, Steven; Callaghan, John; Ludlam, Steve. Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Line drawings, black & white|Figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.

Available for the first time in paperback, this book is the first definitive history of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), a unique political force which drew its support from Protestants and Catholics and became electorally viable despite deep-seated ethnic, religious and national divisions. Formed in 1924 and disbanded in 1987, the NILP succeeded in returning several of its members to the locally-based Northern Ireland parliament in 1925–29 and 1958–72 and polled some 100,000 votes in both the 1964 and the 1970 British general elections. As British Labour’s ‘sister’ party in the province from the late 1920s until the late ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Labour Movement Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719086380
SKU
9780719086380
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Ref
99-2

About Aaron Edwards
Aaron Edwards is Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. -- .

Reviews for A History of the Northern Ireland Labour Party: Democratic Socialism and Sectarianism
The story Aaron relates clarifies and amplifies what happened. Roy Garland, Irish News, April 2009 Has Edwards succeeded in persuading us that the history of the Northern Ireland Labour Party has more than a nostalgia value for those who find the cruder communal realities of Irish politics unappealing? The answer has to be a resounding yes… Edwards has performed ... Read more

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