Irish Pro-Migrant Non-Governmental Organisations and the Politics of Immigration

In this article social movement theory is used to assess the strategic repertoire of a relatively new sector of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) advocating for migrants rights in Ireland. Pro-migrant NGOs are majority community-led and face a challenging political and societal context for mobilization including a restrictive immigration regime, political and media discourse that racializes migrants, weak public support for the … Read More

Author(s):Pauline Cullen
Publisher:SpringerLink
Publication Date:01 Jun 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11266-009-9084-1?LI=true
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New Guests of the Irish Nation

The essays and articles contained in this book bring together efforts to come to terms with ethnic diversity and social change resulting mostly from immigration. They draw upon research by the author since 1999 on discrimination against Travellers, asylum seekers, racism in employment, poverty and social exclusion, and political responsiveness to immigrants. The aim of the book is to chart … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning
Publisher:Irish Academic Press
Publication Date:01 Jan 2009
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://irishacademicpress.ie/product/new-guests-of-the-irish-nation/
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Naming the ‘Other’: Children’s Construction and Experience of Racism in Irish Primary Schools

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This paper considers the construction and experience of racisms among a sample of primary school children in Ireland during a period of intensive immigration. Placing children’s voices at the centre of the analysis, it explores how children’s constructions draw upon discourses of ‘norm’ and ‘other’ in relation to national identity and cultural belonging. Constructions of minority ethnic groups are located … Read More

Author(s):Dympna Devine, Mairin Kenny and Eileen Macneela
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:24 Nov 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613320802478879
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Race and Immigration in Contemporary Ireland

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This article, published in New Geographies of Race and Racism (edited by Claire Dwyer and Caroline Bressey) focuses on the geography of race and immigration in the Irish context. In recent years geographers interested in ethnicity, ‘race’ and racism have extended their focus from examining geographies of segregation and racism to exploring cultural politics, social practice and everyday geographies of … Read More

Author(s):Una Crowley, Mary Gilmartin and Rob Kitchin
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Sep 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754670858
ISBN:9780754670858
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Getting On – From Migration to Integration: Chinese, Indian, Lithuanian and Nigerian Migrants’ Experiences in Ireland


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This research, by the Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative, UCD, is a detailed study of the integration experiences of four nationality groups in Ireland – the Chinese, Indian, Lithuanian and Nigerian. The aim of the research was to obtain baseline quantitative information about migrants living in Ireland, to acquire qualitative information about migrant integration and identity formation, and to provide … Read More

Author(s):The Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative, UCD
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:29 May 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780954549671
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Migrants and Higher Education in Ireland

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The aim of this project is to assemble and collate information on migrant workers and their experiences in accessing or attempting to access higher education in Ireland. The report, focusing on the educational needs of migrants in the workforce, is based on an extensive series of focus group studies and interviews, led by Cork Institute of Technology. Staff from collaborating … Read More

Author(s):Margaret Linehan and Eileen Hogan
Publisher:CIT Press
Publication Date:01 Jan 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://cora.ucc.ie/handle/10468/714
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Welcome to the Celtic Tiger? Teacher Responses to Immigration and Increasing Ethnic Diversity in Irish Schools

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Much of the research in the area of ethnicity and schooling is conducted in countries with a long tradition of immigration. The rapidity of social change in Ireland at a time of unprecedented economic growth is such that many schools, while still ‘mainly white’, are grappling with the particular challenges that are posed by new patterns of immigration. How these … Read More

Author(s):Dympna Devine
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:19 Dec 2006
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09620210500200131#.UZORp7WG1i4
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Housing and the Migration Turnaround in Ireland

This article examines how changing patterns of migration in Ireland affected housing markets. It identifies a dramatic migration turnaround in the Republic of Ireland as net migration loss was replaced by high levels of net inward migration after 1996. The migration turnaround comprised less outward migration and a strong inflow, including return migrants (first and second generation) and overseas-born non-citizen … Read More

Author(s):Chris Paris
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:19 Aug 2006
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111470500197839
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Voices of Immigrants: The Challenges of Inclusion


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This study gives voice to 22 migrants and their families who have come to Ireland.  They tell us what it was like to leave their homelands and come to live and work here.  Their stories tell us what needs to change in our society if we are to recognise new, more complex and diverse realities.

Author(s):Kelleher Associates
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:13 Sep 2004
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:0954549627
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