Taking Racism Seriously: Experiences of Racism and Racially Motivated Anti-Social Behaviour in Social Housing


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Racism and racially motivated anti-social behaviour in social housing in Ireland is the focus of the present study. Out of all social environments, such as the workplace, educational institutions, or on the street the Immigrant Council of Ireland found that housing was one of the most significant loci of racially motivated anti-social behaviour. During 2013 and 2014 almost half (48%) … Read More

Author(s):Bríd Ní Chonaill and Teresa Buczkowska
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:16 Feb 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/sites/default/files/2017-10/AR%202016%20Taking%20Racism%20Seriously%20-%20social%20housing.pdf
ISBN:978-0-9932840-1-4
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Islamophobia in Dublin: Experiences and How to Respond


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Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism are established realities in Ireland. Academic research and data provided by non-governmental organisations, continue to evidence the manner in which Muslim men and women experience hostility and discrimination in Ireland.  This new research builds on previous work but also asks Muslim communities in Dublin for their perspectives on what activities they perceive are required to challenge … Read More

Author(s):James Carr
Publisher:Immigrant Council of Ireland
Publication Date:17 Feb 2016
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/sites/default/files/2017-10/AR%20INT%202016%20Islamophobia%20in%20Dublin%20-%20Experiences%20%26%20How%20to%20Respond.pdf
ISBN:978-0-9932840-5-2
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Love thy neighbour? Exploring prejudice against ethnic minority groups in a divided society: the case of Northern Ireland

Abstract  Northern Ireland has seen a rise in racially motivated crimes and incidents reported to police in recent years and, although this has been accompanied by intensified media coverage, this phenomenon has been the subject of relatively little research. The purpose of this study is to evaluate empirically three theories that have been proposed to explain prejudice towards ethnic minorities … Read More

Author(s):Rebecca McKee
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:23 Sep 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1081055
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Treated Differently? Evidence of racism and discrimination from a local perspective


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One of the key findings of this study is that as many as 80% of those who experienced racism or discrimination do not report it. The report shows that racism and discrimination are happening in Limerick but victims and witnesses are reluctant to turn to the authorities for assistance. While this particular study documents local manifestations of racism and discrimination, the issues are of … Read More

Author(s):Dr. Patricia Kennedy, UCD
Publisher:Doras Luimní
Publication Date:23 Oct 2013
Geographic Focus:Ireland
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Race and Immigration in the New Ireland

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Abstract available on: http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P03034 Source: Julieann Veronica Ulin, Heather Edwards, and Sean O’Brien (eds.), Race and Immigration in the New Ireland, University of Notre Dame Press, 1st Edition, March 2013. 

Author(s):Julieann Veronica Ulin, Heather Edwards, and Sean O’Brien (eds.)
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
Publication Date:15 Mar 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P03034
ISBN:null
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Analysing the Experiences of Discrimination in Ireland: Evidence from the QNHS Equality Module 2010

Download File This report analyses the Central Statistics Office’s Quarterly National Household Survey: Equality Module 2010. This module asks adults in Ireland about their experience of discrimination in a range of different situations. These data were collected after the labour market entered deep recession. The report compares this with data from an earlier Equality Module conducted in 2004 during the … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Dorothy Watson and Gill Kingston (ESRI)
Publisher:The Equality Authority and the Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:14 Dec 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.esri.ie/UserFiles/publications/BKMNEXT223.pdf
ISBN:978-1-908275-59-2
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Childhood and Migration in Europe: Portraits of Mobility, Identity and Belonging in Contemporary Ireland

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Childhood and Migration in Europe explores the under-researched and often misunderstood worlds of migrant children and young people, drawing on extensive empirical research with children and young people from diverse migrant backgrounds living in a rapidly changing European society. Through in-depth exploration and analysis of the experiences of children who moved to Ireland in the first decade of the 21st … Read More

Author(s):Caitríona Ní Laoire, Fina Carpena-Méndez, Naomi Tyrrell and Allen White.
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Dec 2012
Geographic Focus:Europe, Ireland
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409401094
ISBN:9781409401094
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Turbans, Hijabs and Other Differences: ‘Integration from Below’ and Irish Interculturalism

This article outlines the ease with which the Republic of Ireland had moved from publicly articulating Irish racism during the 1997 European Year Against Racism, to employing euphemisms such as interculturalism, transculturalism, integration and cultural diversity. In the rush to diversity, these euphemisms, employed unproblematically during the Irish economic boom, erase political terms such as ‘race’ and racism that state … Read More

Author(s):Ronit Lentin
Publisher:SAGE Journals.
Publication Date:01 Apr 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://ecs.sagepub.com/content/15/2/226.short
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Globalization, Migration and Social Transformation

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In the space of around ten years Ireland went from being a traditional labour exporter to a leading European economy, and thus an attractive destination for immigrants from Eastern Europe and further afield. This produced a singular social laboratory, which this book explores in all its complexity set against the backdrop of globalization. Until recently seen as a showcase for … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning and Ronaldo Munck
Publisher:Ashgate
Publication Date:01 Apr 2011
Geographic Focus:Ireland, Europe
URL:http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409411284
ISBN:9781409411284
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Immigrant Candidates and Politics in the Republic of Ireland: Racialization, Ethnic Nepotism, or Localism?

Recent waves of new immigration distinct from postcolonial-era migrations can be identified in many Western countries. More than 40 such “new immigrant” candidates contested the 2009 local government elections in the Republic of Ireland. This article draws on interviews with just under half of these and on official responses from each of the Republic’s five political parties to a study … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning, Kevin Howard and Neil O'Boyle
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:14 Dec 2010
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2010.527233
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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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Immigration into the Republic of Ireland: A Bibliography of Recent Research

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Until relatively recently, research on migration to the Republic of Ireland has been limited to a handful of texts. As immigration into Ireland has increased over the last decade, so has the volume of published research exploring this phenomenon, with a significant increase in the number of published research reports, policy studies and submissions, conference proceedings, monographs, academic papers, book … Read More

Author(s):Piaras MacÉinrí and Allen White
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:06 Jun 2008
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00750770802076943
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Nationals/Non-Nationals: Immigration, Citizenship and Politics in the Republic of Ireland

The most significant event in the politics of immigration in the Republic of Ireland has been the 2004 Referendum that removed ‘jus soli’ constitutional rights to citizenship from Irish born children of immigrants. Constitutional definitions of Irishness narrowed at a time when the composition of Irish society had broadened significantly through immigration. The Referendum coincided with restrictions on welfare rights … Read More

Author(s):Bryan Fanning and Fidele Mutwarasibo
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:26 Mar 2007
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870701217506#.UZOqK7WG1i4
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Racism in the Irish Experience

Ireland’s unique position as the only state in the European Union to have been colonised, coupled with the ambivalent experiences of Irish people within the British Empire, means that issues of ‘race’ in Ireland are overlaid by complex social and historical forces. This book is a unique analysis of the racialisation of Irish identities. The author examines key phases in … Read More

Author(s):Steve Garner
Publisher:Pluto Press
Publication Date:20 Dec 2003
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745319971&
ISBN:9780745319971
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