Symbolic Dominance: Catholic Police Officers in the RIC, RUC and PSNI Part VI

The concluding (for now) episode in which I discuss the experience of catholic officers in the RIC, RUC and PSNI. BibliographyBreen, R, Beliefs about the treatment of Catholics and Protestants by the Security Forces, in R. Breen, P. Devine and G. Robinson (eds), Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Fourth Report, Appletree Press, Belfast, 1995Bourdieu, P. Language and Symbolic Power, Polity Press, Cambridge, 1991Cullen, F. Visual Politics: The Representation of Ireland 1750 - 1930, Cork University Press, Cork, 1997 Ellison, G. Professionalism in the Royal Ulster Constabulary: an examination of the institutional discourse, (unpublished D.Phil. thesis), University of Ulster, 1997 McGarry, J. and O'Leary, B. Policing Northern Ireland: Proposals for a New Start, Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1999.Mulcahy, A. The Dynamics of the Police Legitimation Process in Northern Ireland, (unpublished PhD thesis, Arizona State University, 1998Ruane, J. and Todd, J. The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996One of PSNI’s first Catholic recruits quits in dismay: ‘I regret joining… I just feel scarred by it’ Northern Ireland’s police service faces anti-Catholic discrimination casesEx-PSNI officer who now says he lied about sectarianism restated his views after bizarre exchangeClick here if you’d like to send me a comment or question. Thank you.Support the showMédecins Sans FrontièresUnicefPEN International