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This article discusses a constitutional amendment to deprive children born on the island of Ireland of their previously automatic right to Irish citizenship, setting the referendum in its historical and contemporary context
Abstract:
In June 2004 voters in the Republic of Ireland endorsed a constitutional amendment to deprive children born on the island of Ireland of their previously automatic right to Irish citizenship. This change came amid increasing immigration and so-called "baby tourism", whereby non-national mothers were alleged to be coming to Ireland to give birth for the sole purpose of bestowing more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Journal of Law & Society,
Vol: 32 Page: 424-449 2005
John A. Harrington
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This article discusses immigration, the Irish 2004 Referendum and issues of citizenship
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The most significant event in the politics of immigration in the Republic of Ireland has been the 2004 Referendum that removed 'jus soli' constitutional rights to citizenship from Irish born children of immigrants. Constitutional definitions of Irishness narrowed at a time when the composition of Irish society had broadened significantly through immigration. The Referendum coincided more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ethnic & Racial Studies,
Vol: 30 Page: 439-460 2007
Bryan Fanning; Fidele Mutwarasibo
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This article examines processes of political socialization and political identity formation around children and young people in Northern Ireland
Abstract:
Politics in Northern Ireland remain dominated by the search for an enduring settlement resting on an agreed set of political values and arrangements, between Ulster Unionists and loyalists on the one side, and Irish nationalists and republicans, on the other. Sectarian divisions continue to emphasize the persistence of conflictual social relationships between these groupings. Central to more...
Categories:
political socialization; political identity formation
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Journal of Social Issues,
Vol: 60 Page: 541-562 2004
James W. McAuley
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