The Orange Order

• The first ever systematic social history of the Orange Order
• Author has gained unprecedented access to the Orange Order's archives - allowing a unique insight into what went on behind the Order's closed doors and in secret meetings with British and Unionist politicians
• Extensive use of digital mapping and social-statistical analysis, giving a fuller social picture of the Order from the bottom up
• Related website, providing full colour maps and further statistical data and links

Readership: All those interested in the history of the conflict in Ireland and in contemporary British and Irish politics

Eric P. Kaufmann, Lecturer in Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London

"The Orange Order, is the most important attempt so far t o analyse the political role of Orangeism in the six counties" - Dominic Bryan, Journal of 20th Century British History

"A top-class piece of research... Meticulously put together and lucidly written...very impressive" - John Bew, Journal of Contemporary History

1: Introduction
Part I: From Insider to Outsider, 1963-95
2: Cracks in the Establishment: Orange Opposition to O'Neill, 1963-9
3: Orangeism under Fire: Negotiating the Troubles, 1969-72
4: Unity in the Face of Treachery, 1972-77
5: Stable Rejectionism: The Smyth Molyneaux Axis, 1978-95
Part II: Orangeism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium, 1995-2005
6: The Battle of Drumcree
7: From Victory to Defeat: Drumcree, 1996-8
8: Breaking the Link: Orange UUP Relations after the Good Friday Agreement
9: The War against the Parades Commission
10: Segmenting the Orange: The Future of Orangeism in the Twenty-First Century
11: Conclusion