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By Jonathan Tonge,Maire Braniff,Thomas Hennessey,James W. McAuley,Sophie Whiting

The Democratic Unionist celebration (DUP) has moved from a religion-dominated protest social gathering to a realistic get together of presidency in Northern eire, the preferred within the area, with extra votes, meeting seats, and MPs than any of its opponents. This booklet attracts upon the first-ever survey of the party's individuals, funded by way of the Leverhulme belief, in addition to over 100 interviews, to examine their perspectives at the transformation gone through by way of the DUP. The ebook analyses what
categories of person make up the DUP, starting from non secular fundamentalists or moderates, detailing the non secular composition of the occasion. How unfastened Presbyterian or Orange is the fashionable DUP and the way is its club altering? What identification do these individuals hold?

The publication then assesses the attitudes of contributors to the modern power-sharing preparations in a divided society. How cozy is the DUP to sharing political spoils with the republican 'enemy'? How supportive are participants of the administrative and meeting in Northern eire and what growth do they suspect has been made? The ebook additionally dissects the trendy fears of DUP contributors, starting from the dilution of spiritual fervour to carrying on with fears over safety and competition to policing reforms.
Attitudes to team spirit with different Unionist teams are explored, as are the clients of taking pictures aid from Catholic supporters of Northern Ireland's position within the United Kingdom.

Drawing upon exceptional entry to a celebration commonly suspicious of outsiders, this ebook bargains a different perception into how an competition social gathering grounded in non secular rules has accommodated switch and broadened its allure, when preserving so much of its conventional hardcore membership.

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