Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Fragmentation and Instability
  • 2. Two Fragmented Communities
  • 3. Stability and Instability
  • 4. The Ethnic and Religious Cleavages
  • 5. The Class Cleavage
  • 6. The Political Elites: Coalescence and Competition
  • 7. Elite Political Culture: Cooperation and Confrontation
  • 8. Conditions Conducive to Cooperative Elite Behaviour
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Appendix A The National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Loyalty Survey
  • Appendix B Occupational Stratification in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland.