Racism and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland 2nd Edition

This book, completely updated for the second edition a decade after it first came out, provides an original and challenging account of racism in twenty-first century Irish society and locates this in its historical, political, sociological, and policy contexts. It includes specific case studies of the experiences of racism in Ireland alongside a number of historical case studies that examine how modern Ireland came to marginalize ethnic minorities. Various chapters examine responses by the Irish state to Jewish refugees before, during and after the Holocaust, and to asylum seekers and Travellers. Other chapters examine Irish policy responses to racism. The book will be important for students of contemporary Irish society and Irish social history and those interested in politics, sociology, and social policy.