Porter, Norman, Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland , [1996], Belfast, The Blackstaff Press, 1998, pp. 252 Advocates a ‘civic unionism’ which acknowledges both the Britishness and Irishness of Northern Ireland. To quote from the Preface it ‘accommodates questions of cultural identity, liberal emphases on the entitlements of individuals and a substantive understanding of politics in which the practice of dialogue is central’.