‘British Rights for British Citizens’: The Campaign for ‘Equal Citizenship’ for Northern Ireland

Coulter, Colin

doi:10.1080/13619462.2014.1002774

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“…Instead, the civil rights movement concentrated its demands on the issues of immediate concern to the disadvantaged Catholic community. "British Rights for British Citizens" was among the prominent placard messages at NICRA rallies and marches (Coulter 2015). As earlier noted, in order to retain support from an often demanding Protestant working class, Northern Ireland governments had awarded them, albeit unofficially, certain crucial privileges, which included preferential treatment in the allocation of employment, housing and cultural rights.…”

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Northern Ireland: From Imperial Asset to International Encumbrance

McKearney¹

2016

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Northern Ireland: From Imperial Asset to International Encumbrance

McKearney¹

2016

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‘The Jezebel Who Sought to Destroy Israel in a Day’: Margaret Thatcher’s Impact on the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1984–1990

McKelvey¹

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Thatcherism in the 21st Century

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Historicizing Citizenship in Post-War Britain

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2016

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Citizenship has been widely debated in post-war British history, yet historians discuss the concept in very different, and potentially contradictory, ways. In doing so, historians are largely following in the footsteps of post-war politicians, thinkers, and ordinary people, who showed that citizenship could – and did – mean very different things. The alternative ways of framing the concept can be usefully described as the three registers of citizenship. First, there are the political and legal definitions of what makes any individual a citizen. Secondly, there is the notion of belonging to a national community, an understanding of citizenship which highlights that legal status alone cannot guarantee an individual's ability to practise citizenship rights. Thirdly, there is the idea of citizenship as divided between ‘good’ or ‘active’ citizens, and ‘bad’ or ‘passive’ ones, a differential understanding of citizenship which has proved very influential in debates about British society. This article reviews these registers, and concludes by arguing that all three must be taken into account if we are to comprehend properly the nature and citizenship as both status and practice in post-war Britain.

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‘British Rights for British Citizens’: The Campaign for ‘Equal Citizenship’ for Northern Ireland

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Northern Ireland: From Imperial Asset to International Encumbrance

Northern Ireland: From Imperial Asset to International Encumbrance

‘The Jezebel Who Sought to Destroy Israel in a Day’: Margaret Thatcher’s Impact on the Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1984–1990

Historicizing Citizenship in Post-War Britain

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