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New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland

Tonge, J; Evans, JA; Jeffery, R; McAuley, J

Authors

J Tonge

JA Evans

R Jeffery

J McAuley



Abstract

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA) led to a major realignment in unionist politics in Northern Ireland. The Ulster Unionist party (UUP), hitherto the dominant force within the Protestant British tradition, was usurped in electoral popularity by the Democratic Unionist party
(DUP). In its post-GFA rise, the DUP garnered majority support from members of the Orange Order, the largest organisation in Protestant civil society. Drawing upon a recent membership survey of the Orange Order conducted by the authors, this article examines the demographic and
attitudinal bases of support for unionist political parties among its members, and tests whether the locus of support for the DUP is evenly distributed, or instead biased towards particular age groups, social classes or Protestant denominations within the Order, as well as assessing whether attitudinal variations may be influential in determining party loyalties.

Citation

Tonge, J., Evans, J., Jeffery, R., & McAuley, J. (2011). New order: political change the protestant orange tradition in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(3), 400-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00421.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Sep 29, 2011
Journal The British Journal Of Politics And International Relations
Print ISSN 1369-1481
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 3
Pages 400-419
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00421.x
Keywords Protestantism, Orange Order, unionism, Northern Ireland
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00421.x