عنوان

Alternative Ulster :

Number

TLets603302

Title Proper

Alternative Ulster :

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Scott, Trevor

Title Proper by Another Author

voices of political radicalism, cultural empowerment and social dissent within loyalist paramilitarism in Northern Ireland since 1966

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

London Metropolitan University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

London Metropolitan University

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

This thesis considers the political thought that has been threaded throughout the history of loyalist paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland since the outbreak of the modern troubles in the mid-1960s - a political voice that would often speak in more radical tones than anything else emanating from within a fractured Ulster unionism since the collapse of Stormont in 1972. The overview is grounded upon the historical experiences of the various political fronts associated with the Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Association and will provide an original and gauged interpretation of the reasons for their comparative lack of success despite considerable promotion and encouragement from external parties. There will be particular focus throughout on the effect of Protestant public antipathy to loyalist paramilitary organisations and to their standard modus operandi regarding both targeting and criminal endeavour.

940 History of Europe

Scott, Trevor

London Metropolitan University

Electronic name

p

[Thesis]

276903

a

Y