Racialization is a concept that is theoretically underdeveloped. Although there has been an
increased interest in Islamophobia since 9/11, it is very rarely discussed as racial in its …

What is whiteness? Why is it worth using as a tool in the social sciences? Making
sociological sense of the idea of whiteness, this book skilfully argues how this concept can …

Until relatively recently, research on migration to the Republic of Ireland has been limited to
a handful of texts. As immigration into Ireland has increased over the last decade, so has the …

Recent studies report significant cross-national variation in the conceptual distinctions or
“symbolic boundaries” used by majority groups to construct notions of “us” and “them.” …

As I reached the end of the final draft of this second edition in summer 2016, and the
candidates for US president approached their official nominations, I remembered that damp …

Childhood and Migration in Europe explores the under-researched and often misunderstood
worlds of migrant children and young people, drawing on extensive empirical research with …

Physical and cultural diversity have been salient features of human societies throughout
history, but “race” as a scientific concept to account for human diversity is a modern …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 While Ireland was once perceived as being characterised by
conservatism, Catholicism and cultural isolation, by the first decades of the twenty-first century …

Whiteness studies are trans-disciplinary, but here the focus is principally on sociology and
social history. Firstly, I identify, elucidate and synthesize the major ways in which whiteness …

This book unites a dynamic group of scholars who examine linkages among local, national,
and international levels of educational policy and practice. Utilizing multi-sited, ethnographic …