Origins and Rise of Dissident Irish Republicanism the Role and Impact of Organizational Splits

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1. Verfasser: Morrison, John F. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2013
Schriftenreihe:New directions in terrorism studies
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  • Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Towards 2016; A decade of centenaries: A decade of violence?; Methodology; 2 The affirmation of Behan?; To split is not to end: Splits in terrorist organizations; Why and how terrorist organizations split?; Process model of split in terrorist organizations; 'Success' and the functionality of splits; Why should we analyse splits?; 3 The tinder piles up; Stage 1: The origins of 1969/70; Stage 2: Factional development; Stage 3: Inevitability of and preparation for split
  • Stage 4: Organizational exit and breakaway group formationStage 5 and stage 1: Aftermath of split: Competition and re-organization; 4 The Officials split again; Stage 2: Factional development; Stage 3: Forced exit and breakaway group formation; Stage 4: Aftermath of split: Multiple feuds; Split summary; 5 The beginning of the end; Stage 2: Factional development; Stage 3: Successful application of voice: Transition of power, one step at a time; Stage 4: Organizational exit and breakaway group formation; Stage 5 and stage 1: Aftermath of split. 73; Split summary; 6 The steps into peace
  • Historical analysis of 1997 splitChange in strategy: Armed and political to political; Factionalism; Gradualism: One step at a time; Preparation for change: Support; 7 United in their division, divided in their unity; The continued gradualism; The fall and rise of violent dissident republicanism; Coirpigh na hEireann: Criminals of Ireland; The merging threat; Towards 2016; Appendix A: Table of interviews; Index
  • Throughout its history the Irish Republican Movement has been beset by splits. The former paramilitary and author Brendan Behan famously quipped that, 'The first thing on the agenda was always the split.' In this in-depth research Morrison analyses the splits through his extensive range of interviews with leadership and rank and file members of the political and paramilitary wings of the Movement. This timely analysis shows how the splits have both aided the politicization of Sinn Fein and the Provisional IRA while in parallel they have brought about the recent intensification of dissident Rep