The Caledon Lockout: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Rural Ulster, 1918–1922

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 193-215
Author(s):  
Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Provincial City ◽  
The Face ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Revolutionary Period

AbstractThis paper examines an unsuccessful strike by Irish Catholic and Protestant workers at a woolen mill in 1919. The location, Caledon in County Tyrone, is renowned as a stronghold of Ulster Unionism and Orangeism, yet in the context of the revolutionary period in Ireland from 1916–1926, traditional sectarian divisions briefly abated in the face of working-class solidarity. In this respect, the analysis offers something of a corrective to assumptions regarding the immutability of sectarian divisions in Ulster. The article also places Caledon within the context of a widespread and sustained movement of unskilled workers in the main provincial city, Belfast, and across much of rural Ulster between 1918–1920. Nevertheless, the manner in which the employer defeated the strike and the village's subsequent history of violent sectarianism offers valuable insights into the creation and consolidation of Northern Ireland, or what many local Catholics called “the Orange State,” which celebrates its centenary in 2020.

scholarly journals The Territorial Select Committees, 40 Years On

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 860-878
Author(s):  
David Torrance ◽  
Adam Evans
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Territorial Representation

Abstract The territorial departmental select committees have largely escaped academic scrutiny since their establishment in 1979 (for Scotland and Wales) and 1994 (Northern Ireland). This article charts the history of territorial representation in Westminster, including the creation of grand committees for Scotland and Wales and a Northern Ireland Standing Committee, before explaining the forces that led to the creation of territorial departmental select committees. The article then explores the work of these committees after their formation, and explores how they have responded to the devolution dispensations in their respective nations. A key theme of this article is the influence of constitutional developments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on territorial committees at Westminster. Indeed, as this article highlights, the different timings of establishment, the asymmetric levels of (in)stability in the various devolution dispensations and prolonged suspensions of devolution in Northern Ireland have had an impact on the role of the respective territorial select committees.

7. The structure of the United Kingdom and devolution

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Parpworth
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk

This chapter discusses the structure and devolution of the UK. It first sketches the constitutional history of the UK, presenting a brief outline of events that led to the creation of the UK, i.e. the union of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The chapter then examines the issue of devolution, which has been particularly important to the people of Scotland and Wales. The key provisions of the devolution legislation enacted in 1998 and more recent legislative developments are reviewed. The chapter concludes by considering the ‘English Question’ and the agreements between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The politics of neoliberalisation and resistance in post-crash Northern Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-501
Author(s):  
Seán Byers
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Integral Form ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
The Face ◽  
Key Policy ◽  
Negative Impacts

Northern Ireland’s transition from conflict to relative peace has been accompanied by significant changes to the region’s economic base, with far-reaching consequences for working class communities and negative impacts on social and political stability. This article sets out to explain neoliberalism’s locally contingent form in the St Andrews Agreement era. Accounting for both external pressures and the political priorities of Northern Ireland’s Executive parties, it contends that the state in its integral form has not merely retreated or outsourced the peace process to the corporate sphere but has actively intervened to shape society in the interests of capital and institutionalise neoliberal thought while simultaneously acting to depoliticise key policy decisions. The article goes on to show how various forms of resistance have emerged in the face of seemingly global processes and even as society appears to have become more polarised along ethnonational lines.

7. The structure of the United Kingdom and devolution

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-172
Author(s):  
Neil Parpworth
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Constitutional History ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Uk

This chapter discusses the structure and devolution of the UK. It first sketches the constitutional history of the UK, presenting a brief outline of events that led to the creation of the UK, ie the union of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The chapter then examines the issue of devolution, which has been particularly important to the people of Scotland and Wales. The key provisions of the devolution legislation enacted in 1998 and more recent legislative developments are reviewed. The chapter concludes by considering the ‘English Question’, and the agreements between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and the devolution provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

The Working Class Movement Museum Collection – Extensive Array of Objects, Archives and Books

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Jolana Tothová
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
National Museum ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Social Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Written Materials

Abstract The Collection of the Working Class Movement Museum results from a fusion of three Prague museums – the Klement Gottwald Museum, the V. I. Lenin Museum and the Julius Fučík Museum, which were taken over and completed by the Working Class Movement Museum in 1990. For the reason of securing the completeness of the Collection, the Working Class Movement Museum donated it to the National Museum in 2014. The Collection of hundreds of thousands of items consists of collectibles (e.g. works of visual art, posters, military objects, flags and standards, honours and documents of social events and also photographic and film materials), archive records (some personal possessions of Klement Gottwald, Antonín Zápotocký, Julius and Gusta Fučík, a collection of the written materials and of the small prints and archives of the original museums) and library items (publications from the 19th and 20th centuries focused on the history of the social movements and the processes). This paper presents both the origins and the content of the Collection and summarises the process of its change of location and deposition and also the creation of the new concept regarding the treatment of the museum funds.

scholarly journals ‘Civis Indianus sum’? Ambedkar on democracy and territory during linguistic reorganization (and partition)

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-431
Author(s):  
OLIVER GODSMARK
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Majority Rule ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Coalition Politics ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Creation

AbstractThis article considers Ambedkar's ideas about the implementation of democracy in India, in the context of the linguistic reorganization of provincial administrative boundaries. In doing so, it looks to emphasize the importance of territorial configurations to Dalit politics during this period and, in particular, the consequences of ‘provincialization’, which has received little attention within the existing literature. Rethinking space by redrawing administrative territory provided Ambedkar with one potential avenue through which to escape the strictures of Dalits’ minority status. In this vision, linguistic reorganization (and partition) were harbingers of greater democratization and potential palliatives to the threat of Hindu majority rule at the centre. In turn, however, Ambedkar simultaneously came to perceive the creation of these new administrative spaces as marking a new form of provincial majoritarianism, despite his best efforts to form alliances with those making such demands. In this sense, the article also seeks to address some of the shared processes behind linguistic reorganization and partition as two related forms of territorial redrawing. In the face of these demands, and the failures of both commensuration and coalition politics, Ambedkar turned to the idea of separate settlements for Dalits, whereby they might themselves come to constitute a majority. Whilst such a novel attempt at separation and resettlement was not ultimately realized, its emergence within Ambedkar's thought at this time points towards its significance in any history of caste and untouchability in twentieth-century South Asia.

scholarly journals Międzynarodowy ruch romski – zmarnowana szansa czy przyszłość narodu?

Politeja ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5 (31/1)) ◽  
pp. 379-394
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kołaczek
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
European Countries ◽  
European Level ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation

International Romani Movement – Wasted Opportunity or Future of the Nation? The subject of this paper is the issue of the international Romani movement and the influence of the European Union’s activities and policy on its development. The special emphasis was placed on the history of the process of mobilization of the Roma within the framework of international non‑governmental organizations and the creation of new organizations and platforms on European level involving many activists and organization from various European countries. Can we still speak about international Romani organizations or are they only a relict in the face of European integration and European umbrella organizations and initiatives? This article tries to find some answers to this question.

Social structure of the Dublin working class, 1871–1911

1982 ◽  
Vol 23 (90) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Daly
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Skilled And Unskilled Workers

Studies to date of the Dublin working class have tended to concentrate on the history of trade unionism and labour relations, examining the working class only insofar as this is relevant to the question of labour politics. Although the distinction between skilled and unskilled workers is generally noted, there is little detailed study of distinctions and similarities within the working class except on questions of wages, trade union membership and related issues such as workers’ benefits. The only disaggregation in terms of broader social characteristics occurs in studies relating to Ulster, where the distinctions and similarities between catholic and protestant households have been explored.This paper analyses the Dublin working class in terms of religion, social background, birthplace, housing conditions and family structure. The major sources employed are the censuses of population, using both published and manuscript material and the registry of marriages. Before examining these however it is essential to sketch the city’s overall economic character.

1. The Britishness of British politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tony Wright
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Political System ◽  
British Politics ◽  
Government Accountability ◽  
Universal Suffrage ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of

What makes the British political system distinctive? ‘The Britishness of British politics’ explains Britain’s long and remarkable history of stability. Despite relatively late universal suffrage in 1918; the bitterly adversarial politics of the 1970s and 1980s; and ongoing reluctance to engage with the legacies of Empire, immigration, and Northern Ireland, Britain has ‘muddled through’. This may no longer be enough in the face of demands for greater government accountability. Since the 2008 financial crash, British politics have been ‘wild and unruly’ including a peacetime coalition, elections without majorities, leaders ousted by their own parties, and rising nationalism and populism, culminating in the 2016 referendum.

scholarly journals Patience, Suffering, and Tolerance: The Experience of Defeat and Exile among the Jesuits of Ethiopia (1632–59)

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Leonardo Cohen
Keyword(s):  
The Past ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Sacrifice

Abstract This article explores the last letters written by the Catholic patriarch of Ethiopia in exile Afonso Mendes, which illustrate that, in the face of defeat, Mendes has chosen to write the history of martyrdom, the sacrifice, and shedding of blood for the sake of faith. A group requires a sense of connection through a temporary axis. Mendes’s choice in these last years corresponds to the will of generating cohesion in space and continuity in time in a group that has confronted rupture, disillusionment, and deterioration. Mendes might have attempted to establish a framework that would allow him to alleviate the tension caused by the clash between the original aspirations and the flawed fulfillment of the objective. Therefore, the redaction of the processes of martyrdom and the creation of a calendar allows the transition into a place where a harmonious relationship between the past and the present is generated.

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