It was networking, all networking
The Irish republican movement's survival in Cold War America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3652154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danielle A Zach (0000-0003-4242-9940, Adelphi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 2218-2236 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2019.1569506 |
| OpenAlex | W2913044406 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article examines the Irish Republican movement's public fundraising arm on US soil, the Irish Northern Aid Committee (Noraid), which operated as a legal organisation during Northern Ireland's ‘Troubles’ (1969–1998). In its efforts to fundraise for the families of republican prisoners, Noraid faced formidable impediments from above (government suppression) and below (the dissipation of Irish communities). How Noraid survived for the conflict's duration (and beyond) given these dual challenges poses a puzzle. This study finds that Noraid's longevity lies in its network-building strategies at the interpersonal and organisational levels in the 1970s and 1980s. The research points to the importance of disaggregating diaspora communities as they relate to armed conflict. It also draws attention to how government policies shape movement strategy; how social networks enable or deter resource mobilisation; and how leadership can build grassroots and organisational relationships to serve the rebel cause
Diaspora · Grassroots · Irish · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social movement · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
The American Catholic
The spectre of comparisons
Social Network Analysis
Trends in Outside Support for Insurgent Movements
Paramilitary Imprisonment in Northern IrelandResistance, Management, and Release
Introduction
Mechanisms of diaspora mobilization and the transnationalization of civil war
Free Spaces, Collective Identity, and the Persistence of U.S. White Power Activism
Immigration Reconsidered
The Columbia Guide to Irish American History
Irish American Voluntary Organizations
Homeland Calling
Deadly Connections
Political Networks
Greed and grievance in civil war
Brokerage and Closure
Nationalism by Proxy
Ethnonationalist networks and transnational opportunities
Sure, it's hard to keep up with the splits here‘ 1
Embeddedness and Immigration
The politics of noraid
Thinking and Rethinking Ethnic Economies
Mobilizing in transnational space
Some Social Requisites of Democracy
Social network and social class
The Transnational Villagers
Networks of Political Action
Specifying the Relationship Between Social Ties and Activism
The 'diaspora' diaspora
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |