Racism in the Irish Experience

Steve Garner is Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University. Throughout his academic career he has been engaged with questions such as 'What does 'race' mean?', 'How does racism work?', and 'How can racial equality be achieved?' He is the author of Racism in the Irish Experience (Pluto, 2003), Whiteness (Routledge, 2007) and Racisms (Sage, 2009).

'A timely reminder for anyone concerned with the directions Irish civic society is taking'

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Sociological Frameworks For Understanding Racism2. Money, Migrations And Attitudes3. Racing The Irish In The 16th And 17th Centuries4. The ‘Filthy Aristocracy Of Skin’: Becoming White In The USA5. In The Belly Of The Beast: 19th Century Britain, Empire And The Role Of ‘Race’ In Home Rule6. Other People’s Diasporas: The Racialisation Of The Refugee Issue7. New Racism, Old Racisms And The Role Of Migratory Experience8. ‘Remember Blanqui?’: Nation-State, Community And Some Paradoxes Of Anti-Racism 9. Beyond The New Socio-Economic ‘Pale’: Racialisation And Belonging In Contemporary Ireland10. ConclusionAppendix 1. Definitions Of GDP, Etc.Appendix 2. Definitions Of PovertyAppendix 3. Surveys On Attitudes Towards Minorities And Minorities Experiences Of Racism-Discrimination In The Republic Of Ireland, 1972-2001Appendix 4. Address From The People Of Ireland To Their Countrymen And Countrywomen In America, 1842Appendix 5. Tables On Italians’ Attitudes Toward MigrantsBibliographyIndex