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The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children
Author(s): Merike Darmody (Editor), Naomi Tyrrell (Editor), Steve Song (Editor)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: January 1, 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 946091473X
- ISBN-13: 9789460914737
Book Description
Before the economic boom of the 1990s, Ireland was known as a nation of emigrants. The past fifteen years, however, have seen the transformation of Ireland from a country of net emigration to one of net immigration, on a scale and at a pace unprecedented in comparative context. As a result, Irish society has become more diverse in terms of nationality, language, ethnicity and religious affiliation; and these changes are now clearly reflected in the composition of both primary and secondary schools, presenting these with challenges as well as opportunities. Despite the increased number of ethnically-diverse immigrant children and young people in the Ireland, currently there is a paucity of information about aspects of their lives in Ireland. This book is aimed at contributing to this gap in knowledge.
