Available for the first time in paperback, this book is the first definitive history of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), a unique political force which drew its support from Protestants and Catholics and became electorally viable despite deepseated ethnic, religious and national divisions. Formed in 1924 and disbanded in 1987, the NILP succeeded in returning several of its members to the locallybased Northern Ireland parliament in 192529 and 195872 and polled some 100,000 votes in both the 1964 and the 1970 British general elections. As British Labours sister party in the province from the late 1920s until the late 1970s, the NILP could rely on substantive fraternal and organisational support at critical junctures in its history. Despite its political successes the NILPs significance has been downplayed by historians, partly because of the lack of empirical evidence and partly to reinforce the simplistic view of Northern Ireland as the site of the most protracted sectarian conflict in modern Europe.For the first time this book brings together important archival sources and the oral testimonies of former NILP members to explain the enigma of an extraordinary political party operating in extraordinary circumstances. The book situates the NILPs successes and failures in a broad historical framework, providing the reader with a balanced account of twentiethcentury Northern Irish political history.

Binding: Paperback;256 pages; Publisher: Manchester University Press (P648); Classification: JPFF; Weight: 518 g; Dimensions: 157 x 236 x 16

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