Migrant Activism and Integration from Below in Ireland [electronic resource] /
Lentin, Ronit.author.
Moreo, Elena.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Emigration and immigration.
Social policy.
Political sociology.
Political communication.
Political science.
Medicine .
Health.
Migration.
Social Policy.
Political Sociology.
Political Communication.
Political Science.
Popular Science in Medicine and Health.