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From developmental Ireland to migration nation : immigration and shifting rules of belonging in the Republic of Ireland
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Date Issued
2009
Date Available
2010-08-17T13:28:59Z
Abstract
This paper emphasises how post-1950s Irish developmentalism fostered the economic,
social and political acceptance of large-scale immigration following EU enlargement
in 2004. It argues that economic imperatives alone cannot account for the national interest case for large-scale immigration that prevailed in 2004. It examines the “rules of belonging” deemed to pertain to citizens and immigrants within the key policy documents of Irish developmental modernisation and recent key policy documents which address immigration and integration. Similar developmental
expectations have been presented as applying to Irish and immigrants alike. Irish human capital expanded in a context where ongoing emigration became presented in terms of agency, choice and individual reflexivity. It again expanded considerably due to immigration. It is suggested that in the context of current economic downturn that Ireland has become radically open to migration in both directions.
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Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
93
Copyright (Published Version)
The author, 2009
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Paper presented at the conference “Politics, Economy and Society: Irish Developmentalism,
1958-2008”, held at University College Dublin on 12 March 2009
ISSN
1649-0304
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