Race and Immigration in the New Ireland

by Julieann Veronica Ulin (Editor), Heather Edwards (Editor)

Overview

Although a number of books have addressed recent changes in Ireland that are related to immigration, both during and after the Celtic Tiger economic boom and bust, they are often limited by a focus on a single aspect of immigration or on either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Race and Immigration in the New Ireland, in contrast, offers a variety of expert perspectives and a comprehensive approach to the social, political, linguistic, cultural, religious, and economic transformations in Ireland that are related to immigration. It includes a wide range of critical voices and approaches to reflect the broad impact of immigration on multiple aspects of Irish society and culture. The contributors address immigration and Irish sports, education systems, language debates, migrant women’s issues, human rights policies, and culture both in the Republic and in the North of Ireland. Further, authors offer a framework for considering this new Ireland in relation to earlier colonial contexts, reading intersections between new racism and old sectarianism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268027773
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	03/15/2013
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Julieann Veronica Ulin is assistant professor of English at Florida Atlantic University.

Heather Edwards is visiting assistant professor of English at Ohio University.

Sean O'Brien is assistant professor of English at SUNY Canton.

Table of Contents

Chronology vii

Introduction: Ireland's New Strangers Julieann Veronica Ulin 1

1 Immigration in Ireland: A Keynote Address by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson 21

2 An Interview with Pablo Rojas Coppari of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland Julieann Veronica Ulin 39

3 (M)other Ireland: Migrant Women Subverting the Racial State? Ronit Lentin 51

4 Racism in the Six Counties Robbie McVeigh 75

5 The Linguistic Challenge of Multicultural Ireland: Managing Language Diversity in Irish Schools Pádraig Ó Riagáin 107

6 The Irish Language in Twenty-First-Century Ireland: Exploring Legislative and Policy Protections North and South Verona Ní Dhrisceoil 131

7 Integration Through Sport: The Gaelic Athletic Association and the New Irish Mike Cronin 157

8 Reflections on Race in Contemporary Ireland Steve Garner 175

9 Conclusion: Ireland, Immigration, and the Ethics of Memory Luke Gibbons 205

Contributors 221

Index 227

Editorial Reviews

"This collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the complex global interplay of race, migration, citizenship, and nationality that so irresistibly shapes the contemporary moment. Bringing together a remarkable range of essays on topics as varied as race theory, sports culture, language politics, the role of gender in immigration policy, and the ongoing social and political legacies of Northern Ireland’s partition, the volume offers thoughtful reexaminations of an Ireland we may have thought we knew along with insightful analyses of how Ireland’s palimpsestic relationship to migration sheds new light on pressing questions about race, globalization, and mobility that extend far beyond Irish shores. This is a book that is sorely needed." —Mark Quigley, University of Oregon

"Race and Immigration in the New Ireland is ideal reading material for teachers in need of a solid text on contemporary Ireland. There is nothing comparable in the existing literature." —Kevin Whelan, Director of the Keough-Naughton Notre Dame Centre, Dublin, Ireland

"Race and Immigration in the New Ireland presents a wide range of insights on the ethical challenges and possibilities of the post–Celtic Tiger Ireland. Together, the essays here offer an open and constructive debate within the social frame of Irish Studies. This book emphasizes the critical importance of the moral imagination in shaping the evolution of state policy in the ongoing contexts of migration, diaspora, and global markets that have marked recent Irish history." —Fionnghuala Sweeney, University of Liverpool

“Race and Immigration in the New Ireland analyzes modern Ireland’s struggles with the issues of immigration, looking at both halves of the Irish nation and their unique approaches to these critical issues that grow ever more intriguing and important. From women’s issues, religious concerns, the place of language, and the presence of racism, [this book] is a strongly recommended addition to social and international issues collections.” —Library Bookwatch

“. . . a strong collection of essays entering, if not starting, a pertinent conversation about the changing demographics of Ireland and the post-Celtic Tiger immigrant struggles. The landscape of Ireland has changed dramatically over the last two decades and Race and Immigration in the New Ireland provides an informative and insightful introduction as to how Ireland and Irish identity can be shaped in the years ahead.” —New Hibernia Review

"The selection of material contained in this valuable contribution to the field of Irish and migration studies offers a breadth of perspectives that supports the editors' objective of broadening the concept of Irish identity, and provides a snapshot of the island of Ireland at a time of significant change." —Irish Studies Review

"This wide-ranging collection of critical voices on the question of migration to Ireland extends the compass of Irish Studies to assess how culture and the state create and respond to social change in the evolving context of global migration. . . . [T]he title Race Immigration and the New Ireland reflects a continuing and vital undertow of change due to Ireland’s most recent experience of ethnic demographic change through inward migration. This is an important collection of critical work, signalling new areas of concern in the study of Ireland’s multi-faceted experience of migration." —Canadian Journal of Irish Studies

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