Book review: contentious rituals: parading the nation in Northern Ireland

Baker, Nicholas (2020) Book review: contentious rituals: parading the nation in Northern Ireland. British Politics and Policy at LSE (16 Feb 2020), 1 - 3. Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In Contentious Rituals: Parading the Nation in Northern Ireland, Jonathan S. Blake offers a new examination of the complex phenomenon of Protestant parading in Northern Ireland, drawing on carefully compiled sociological and ethnographic data to argue that, in the words of his participants, what motivates the majority of paraders, musicians and spectators is not political, ethnic or religious chauvinism, but rather commitment to a longstanding cultural practice positioned as antipolitical. This is a nuanced and rich study, writes Nicholas Baker, that will be of great value to anyone interested in contemporary politics in Northern Ireland.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	30 Apr 2020 12:57
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104200

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