After Optimism? Ireland, Racism, and Globalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8105379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Brandi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-106 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Development Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-3802 • E-ISSN: 1468-2656 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cdj/bsm057 |
| OpenAlex | W2055474740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The publication of a book on the specificities of Irish racism considered within a global context is welcome for a country located near the top of the Globalization Index. Indeed, it reflects the need to analyse the local/national phenomenon of racism in the light of such major world developments as the New Economy, the intensification of global mobility and migration, and the war on/of terror. With the engagement typical of critical theorists and activists, passionately located on the side of the powerless, Ronit Lentin and Robbie McVeigh conceive this work as a follow-up to their previous edited book Racism and Anti-Racism in Ireland (2002). However, in contrast to the optimism which characterized their former collection – it charted the development of the young Irish anti-racist movement since 1997, a date marking the European Year Against Racism – this more recent work is marked by an overt pessimism. Their pessimism relates
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Globalization · Irish · Optimism · Pessimism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Irish and British Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |