Contentious Rituals - Parading the Nation in Northern Ireland

In Contentious Rituals, Jonathan S. Blake focuses on Protestant parades in the streets of Northern Ireland and why people choose to participate in them. Drawing on rich interviews, survey data, and ethnographic observations, Blake presents a new look at the conflict in Northern Ireland and offers findings that illuminate contested symbols everywhere.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1. Identity on Parade in Northern Ireland


• 2. For God and Ulster, Self-Interest, or Social Networks?


• 3. Parading Mainly For Fun and Process


• 4. Culture, Politics, and the Paradox of Anti-Politics


• Conclusion


• Appendix A: Study Methodology


• Appendix B: Patterns of Participation


• Appendix C: Definitions and Robustness Checks

About the author

Jonathan S. Blake is an associate political scientist at the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California.

Summary

In Contentious Rituals, Jonathan S. Blake focuses on Protestant parades in the streets of Northern Ireland and why people choose to participate in them. Drawing on rich interviews, survey data, and ethnographic observations, Blake presents a new look at the conflict in Northern Ireland and offers findings that illuminate contested symbols everywhere.

Additional text

Jonathan Blake has produced a superb analysis of why the Protestant parading tradition continues to fascinate, excite, attract and repel in Northern Ireland. Drawing upon wide-ranging interviews with participants and observers and extensively researched throughout, Contentious Rituals offers a clear account of the importance of collective identity which underpins parades. The book is essential reading for scholarly understanding of the persistence of ritualistic divisions.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan S. Blake, Jonathan S. (Visiting Fellow Blake
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780190915582
• ISBN: 978-0-19-091558-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics; Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics; Oxford Studies in Culture and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Sociology: customs & traditions, Nationalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Northern Ireland, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches