Dissident Irish Republicanism

Analyzes all aspects of the politics of dissident republicanism and its relationship to mainstream republicanism.

Max Taylor is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Earlier appointments include Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) at the University of St. Andrews and Professor of Applied Psychology at University College Cork, Ireland. His publications include: The Future of Terrorism (with John Horgan), 2000; Terrorist Lives (with Ethel Quayle), 1994; and The Fanatics: A Behavioural Approach to Political Violence, 1991.
P.M. Currie was educated at Cambridge and Oxford where he gained a doctorate on Islam in India,published as The Shrine and Cult of Muin al-din Chishti of Ajmer (Oxford University Press, 1989; re-issued 1993 and 2006). He has also contributed to the new edition of The Encyclopaedia of Islam published by Brill. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the School of International Relations, St Andrews University.

1 -Introduction 
Max Taylor

2 - Why do People Become Dissident Irish Republicans?
John Morrison

3 - Who becomes a Dissident? Patterns in the Mobilisation and Recruitment of Violent Dissident Republicans in Northern Ireland.
John Horgan and Paul Gill

4 - Beyond the 'Micro Group': The Dissident Republican Challenge.
Henry Patterson

5 - Continuity not Compromise? Dissident Republicanism and Continuing violence in Northern Ireland
Jon Tonge

6 - Dissident Republicans and the Internet.
John Nalton, Gilbert Ramsey, and Max Taylor

7 - 'Not Like in the Past': Irish Republican Dissidents and the Ulster Loyalist Response
James McAuley

Chapter 8 - Conclusion
P.M. Currie

Bibliography

"This timely volume breaks new ground in our understanding of the evolution of terrorist organizations. Political compromises that end conflicts often lead to splinter groups that reject them. We must understand these violent dissidents to prevent them from sabotaging fair peace processes.  This book is essential reading for anyone trying to bring an end terrorist violence." -Marc Sageman, Senior Fellow, Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Foreign Policy Research Institute
"This book offers an extremely timely analysis of a key aspect of the new politics of Northern Ireland: the persistence of a 'dissident' republicanism that rejects the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and insists on the legitimacy of continued violence. In contributions of uniformly high quality by leading scholars it brings together new research into the backgrounds, motivations and tactics of dissident activists and cool, objective and dispassionate analysis of the place of dissident republicanism within the new political conjuncture. It is essential reading for specialists and students of Northern Ireland and for comparativists in the field of peace and conflict studies." -Joseph Ruane, University College Cork, Ireland.
"The IRA in one form or another is the oldest terrorist group the modern age has ever known, conducting campaigns for nearly a century. Has the Good Friday Agreement really ended the IRA's career or just created another temporary peace?  Max Taylor and P. M. Currie's Dissident Irish Republicanism  is an unusual fascinating very important and illuminating collection of essays which examines the strengths and weaknesses of all recent IRA offshoots dedicated to reviving the struggle to put the entire island under one government.  The authors recognize that the issues raised here are relevant to understanding terrorist activity elsewhere and have begun a significant effort to see what the connections are, an effort which will help us all understand terrorism better wherever it occurs." -David Rapoport, Founding and CoEditor, Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence.