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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808544803321

Titolo

Migrant activism and integration from below in Ireland / / edited by Ronit Lentin and Elena Moreo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

ISBN

1-280-58474-2

9786613614575

0-230-36924-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, , 2662-2602

Classificazione

SOC008000SOC026000SOC007000SOC031000POL029000

Altri autori (Persone)

LentinRonit

MoreoElena <1976->

Disciplina

305.9/0691209417

Soggetti

Immigrants - Political activity - Ireland

Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Ireland

Ireland Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Ireland Emigration and immigration Government policy

Ireland Ethnic relations

Ireland Race relations

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Immigration in Ireland and Migrant-Led Activism; 2 Theorizing Migrant-Led Activism; 3 'There Is No Movement': A Brief History of Migrant-Led Activism in Ireland; 4 On Visibility and Invisibility: Migrant Practices between Regimes of Representation and Self-Determination; 5 Investing in Hope? Gendered Resistance and the Struggle of Migrant Women's Associations in Ireland; 6 Chinese-Led Migrant Activism beyond Invisibility: The Irish Chinese Sichuan Earthquake Appeal Committee

7 Beyond Welcoming the Strangers: Migrant Integration Processes among Protestant Churches in Ireland8 The Horn of Africa People's Aid: Refugee Empowerment and New Forms of Neo-Liberal Rationality; 9 Conclusion: Integration from Below?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the interaction between migrant activists and



leaders and the state of the Republic of Ireland - a late player in Europe's immigration regime - against the background of an increasingly restrictive immigration regime.