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.

Steven Loyal is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland. 
Stephen Quilley is Associate Professor of Social and Ecological Innovation in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies, Director of Development for the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI) and core faculty for the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) at the University of Waterloo, Canada.