Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921-39 The Moral
This book provides the first ‘history from below’ of the inter-war Belfast labour movement. It is a social history of the politics of Belfast labour and applies methodology from history, sociology and political science. Christopher J. V. Loughlin question
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Christopher J.V. Loughlin
Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921–39
Christopher J. V. Loughlin
Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921–39 The Moral Economy of Loyalty
Christopher J. V. Loughlin Belfast, UK
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Preface
The 1960s and 1970s witnessed a plethora of Marxisant studies of Northern Ireland and the so-called ‘unfinished’ Irish Revolution. Ireland, like much of the Western world, was affected by the radical 1960s. However, the neo-liberal counter-revolutions, starting in the mid-1970s, saw the ebbing of this radical wave. It is only now, in 2018, that we are beginning to see the emergence of new, radical, critical studies of Irish society and politics: the Irish New Wave. The present study, Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty in Belfast, 1921–39: The Moral Economy of Loyalty, picks up the threads left by previous Marxisant studies about the north of Ireland. However, the methodology pioneered in this study owes an important debt to the work of E. P. Thompson, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Robert Brenner and the school of ‘Political Marxism’. Labour and the Politics of Disloyalty is a ‘history from below’ of the labour movement in the city of Belfast in the aftermath of the partition of Ireland. It is a social history of the politics of Belfast labour and applies methodology fro
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