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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791915203321

Autore

Fanning Bryan

Titolo

Immigration and social cohesion in the Republic of Ireland [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan Fanning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-78170-221-7

1-84779-419-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

304.8209417

Soggetti

Social change - Ireland

Ireland Emigration and immigration

Ireland Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Identities and capabilities -- Integration into what? -- Social cohesion -- Some numbers and percentages -- Some immigrant lives -- Education and segregation -- Integration as social inclusion -- Politics and citizenship -- Some challenges.

Sommario/riassunto

In the last decade Ireland's immigrant population grew to more than one in ten. Now in the midst of an economic crisis the integration of immigrants has become a topical issue. Drawing extensively on demographic data and research on immigrant lives, immigrant participation in Irish politics and the experiences of immigrants living in deprived communities, this book offers a thorough study of the immigrant experience in Ireland today. Well-researched chapters and case studies examine the effects of immigration on social cohesion, the role of social policy, the nature and extent of segregation i