Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: Fragmentation and Instability -- The Pluralist Proposition -- The Pluralist Proposition Revised -- The Elite Proposition -- New Brunswick and Northern Ireland Compared -- 2. Two Fragmented Communities -- Major Subcultures -- Political Parties -- Education -- Communication Media -- Voluntary Associations -- 3. Stability and Instability -- Constitutional Durability -- Political Legitimacy -- Governmental Efficacy -- Civil Order -- 4. The Ethnic and Religious Cleavages -- The Ethnic Cleavage -- The Religious Cleavage -- Cleavage Patterns -- Effects of Congruence and Crosscutting -- 5. The Class Cleavage -- Occupational Stratification -- Socio-Economic Inequalities -- Political Influence -- Conclusion -- 6. The Political Elites: Coalescence and Competition -- Establishment of the Pattern -- Modern Composition of the Cabinets -- The Civil Service -- The Northern Ireland Coalition Executive, 1974 -- 7. Elite Political Culture: Cooperation and Confrontation -- The Traditions of Cooperation and Confrontation -- Election Slates -- Clientelism in New Brunswick Politics -- Cooperative Strategies -- 8. Conditions Conducive to Cooperative Elite Behaviour -- Elite Dominance -- Distinct Lines of Fragmentation -- Overarching National Solidarity -- Moderate Partisanship -- Other Contributing Conditions -- 9. Conclusion -- Political Stability -- New Brunswick -- Northern Ireland -- Appendix A: The National Election Study and the Northern Ireland Loyalty Survey -- Appendix B: Occupational Stratification in New Brunswick and Northern Ireland -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.