State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland - An Historically Grounded Examination of Contemporary Trends

This book aims to account for the reception, treatment and sometimes, eventual deportation, of asylum seekers in Ireland, by analysing how they are framed and dealt with by the Irish state. Both historically and theoretically grounded, it will discuss contemporary immigration policies and issues in light of the overall social, historical, and economic development of Irish society and state immigration policy. State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of historical sociology, sociological theory and social policy, with a focus on discourses of patterns of European migration, the changing role and function of the state and its policies, and the psycho-social experience of asylum seekers.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical Framework and Core Concepts.- 3. Explanatory Logics.- 4. Historical Precedents.- 5. Processing Asylum Seekers.- 6. The Direct Provision Regime.- 7. Deportation and Expulsion: Closing Borders, Defending Sovereignty.- 8. Defending Citizenship, Reasserting Sovereignty.- 9. Conclusion. 

Summary

This book aims to account for the reception, treatment and sometimes, eventual deportation, of asylum seekers in Ireland, by analysing how they are framed and dealt with by the Irish state. Both historically and theoretically grounded, it will discuss contemporary immigration policies and issues in light of the overall social, historical, and economic development of Irish society and state immigration policy. State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of historical sociology, sociological theory and social policy, with a focus on discourses of patterns of European migration, the changing role and function of the state and its policies, and the psycho-social experience of asylum seekers.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Loyal, Stephen Quilley
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2018
• EAN: 9783030063320
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3006332-0
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 11 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 273 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 190 p. 3 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Migration, Europäische Geschichte, B, Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Sociology, Social Inequality, European History, Westeuropa, Bevölkerung und Migrationsgeographie, Political Sociology, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Structure, Emigration and immigration, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Citizenship—Sociological aspects, Sociology of Citizenship