Immigration and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland

by Fanning, Bryan

• ISBN13: 9780719075841
• ISBN10: 071907584X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-04
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

Immigration and Social Change in the Republic of Irelandaddresses the impact of recent rapid social, economic, political and cultural change on Irish society. It includes chapters on citizenship and constitutional change, returned emigrants, the economic contribution of immigrants, the exploitation of migrant workers, asylum seekers and forced migrants, immigrant communities, politics, integration models and choices and social policy. It will be of immense interest to students and general readers interested in racism and social change resulting from immigration from the disciplines of sociology, social policy, human geography, politics, law and psychology. It is a companion volume toRacism and Social Change in the Republic of Irelandalso published by Manchester University Press.

Author Biography

Bryan Fanning is Senior Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Science.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures	p. vii
Notes on the contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Racism, rules and rights	p. 6
Children, citizenship and constitutional change	p. 27
Cherry-picking the diaspora	p. 47
The economic contribution of immigrants in Ireland	p. 63
Neo-liberalism and immigration	p. 84
Between 'here' and 'there': Nigerian lone mothers in Ireland	p. 99
Forced migration and psychological stress	p. 113
Tuyen Pham: caught between two cultures	p. 129
The 'Bosnian project' in Ireland: a 'vision of divisions'	p. 153
African Pentecostals in twenty-first-century Ireland: identity and integration	p. 168
Getting into politics	p. 185
Immigrant civic mobilisation	p. 198
Integration models and choices	p. 214
Integration and social policy	p. 237
Index	p. 259
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