Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Figures xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Introduction: Fragmentation and Instability 1
7. Two Fragmented Communities 15
8. Stability and Instability 39
9. The Ethnic and Religious Cleavages 63
10. The Class Cleavage 83
11. The Political Elites: Coalescence and Competition 109
12. Elite Political Culture: Cooperation and Confrontation 135
13. Conditions Conducive to Cooperative Elite Behaviour 161
14. Conclusion 183
15. The National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Loyalty Survey 195
16. Occupational Stratification in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland 197
17. References 201
18. Index 215