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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Crime, justice and society in Scotland |
| Editors | Hazel Croall, Gerry Mooney, Mary Munro |
| Place of Publication | Abingdon |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 99-114 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315795669 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415750301 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Sectarianism, criminalisation and the civilising process in Scotland. / Law, Alex.
Crime, justice and society in Scotland. ed. / Hazel Croall; Gerry Mooney; Mary Munro. Abingdon : Routledge, 2016. p. 99-114.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Sectarianism, criminalisation and the civilising process in Scotland
AU - Law, Alex
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - An absence of militant Protestantism led sociologists to argue that sectarianism has only ever been a negligible problem in Scotland, which, they confidently predicted decades ago, the process of advancing secularization would shortly kill off for good (Bruce et al, 2004; Rosie, 2004). Except that it didn’t. Public concern about ‘sectarianism’ did not fade away as predicted but instead became a major political and legal issue in Scotland, attracting polarized academic camps. Sectarianism’s afterlife requires further explanation beyond generalities about social and political change. Specifically, this chapter accounts for shifts in the balance of power between and within established and outsider groups in Scotland (Elias and Scotston, 1994). Understood in this way, heightened discourses and recent legislation to combat ‘sectarianism’ reflects a belated recognition of the more equal power balance between a formerly weak outsider group, Roman Catholics of Irish descent, and a no longer cohesive powerful majority group, Scottish Protestants.
AB - An absence of militant Protestantism led sociologists to argue that sectarianism has only ever been a negligible problem in Scotland, which, they confidently predicted decades ago, the process of advancing secularization would shortly kill off for good (Bruce et al, 2004; Rosie, 2004). Except that it didn’t. Public concern about ‘sectarianism’ did not fade away as predicted but instead became a major political and legal issue in Scotland, attracting polarized academic camps. Sectarianism’s afterlife requires further explanation beyond generalities about social and political change. Specifically, this chapter accounts for shifts in the balance of power between and within established and outsider groups in Scotland (Elias and Scotston, 1994). Understood in this way, heightened discourses and recent legislation to combat ‘sectarianism’ reflects a belated recognition of the more equal power balance between a formerly weak outsider group, Roman Catholics of Irish descent, and a no longer cohesive powerful majority group, Scottish Protestants.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780415750301
SP - 99
EP - 114
BT - Crime, justice and society in Scotland
A2 - Croall, Hazel
A2 - Mooney, Gerry
A2 - Munro, Mary
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon
ER -