Pluralism and diversity in Ireland = Iolrachas agus Éagsúlacht in Érinn : prejudice and related issues in early 21st century Ireland / Micheál Mac Gréil ; foreword by Éamon Ó Cuív.

Chapter Seventeen: Religious Attitudes and Practices Part 1: Historical Background of Religious Profile Part 11: Religious Practice over the Years Part IV: Practice of Roman Catholics by Personal Variables Part V: Personal Prayer Part VI: Perceived Closeness to God Part VII: Religious Social Distance in Ireland Part VIII: Attitudes to Christian Church Unity Part IX: Overall Conclusion Chapter Eighteen: Authoritarianism and Social Anomie Part I: Introduction Part 11: Authoritarianism in Irish Society Part III: Social Anomie Part IV: Conclusion Chapter Nineteen: General Summary of Findings [1] Part 1: Introduction Part II: Social Distance in Ireland in 2007-08 Part III: Ethnic & Ethnico-Racial Prejudices Part IV: Ethnic Prejudice and Irish Ethnic Self-Identity Part V: Racial Prejudice Chapter Twenty: General Summary of Findings [2] Part I: Attitudes towards Northern Ireland and Britain Part II: Prejudices towards Social Categories Part III: The Irish Travelling People Part IV: The Irish Family & Attitudes towards Women Part V: Political Attitudes Par VI: The Irish Language Part VII: Religious Attitudes and Prejudices Part VIII: Authoritarianism and Social Anomie Part IX: Conclusion of Summary Chapter Twenty-One: The Final Analysis Part I: Introduction Part II: Path of Causation Part III: Path Analysis of Different Areas of Prejudice Part IV: Patterns of Social Distance Part V: Clustering of Stimulus Categories into Factors Part VI: Concluding Comments & Suggestions Part VII: Further Research & Concluding Remarks Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter Ten Attitudes towards Northern Ireland Part 1: Introduction Part 11: Northern Ireland Stimulus Categories Part Ill: Special Northern Ireland Scale Part IV: Conclusion Chapter Eleven Irish Attitudes towards the British Part I: Socio-Historical Background Part II: Social Distance towards 'Great Britain' Categories Part III: The Special Anti-British Scale Part IV: Anti-British Scale by Personal Variables Part V: Conclusion Chapter Twelve Prejudice towards Social Categories Part I: General Findings Part II: Personal & Domestic Social Categories by Personal Variables Part III: Compulsive-Behaviour Categories Part IV: Socio-Economic Social Categories Part V: Correlation Matrix of Political, Religious & Social Categories Part VI: Overall Conclusion Chapter Thirteen The Travelling People -- Ireland's Apartheid Part I: Introduction Part II: Demographic Profile of the Irish Travelling People Part III: Social Distance towards Travellers Part IV: The Special 'Anti-Traveller Scale': Attitudes & Opinions Part V: Anti-Traveller Scale by Personal Variables Part VI: Concluding Remarks Chapter Fourteen The Irish Family and Attitudes Towards Women Part I: Demographic Aspects of the Family Part II: The Feminist Scale Part III: The Feminist Scale by Personal Variables Part IV: Feminist Scale & Sub-Scale Scores by Personal Variables Part V: Conclusion Chapter Fifteen: Irish Political Attitudes Part I: Ideological Context Part II: Political Social Distance Part III: Political Social Distance by Personal Variables Part IV: Political Party Preference Part V: Conclusion Chapter Sixteen: The Irish Language Part I: Introduction Part II: Aspirations for the Irish Language Part III: Attitudes towards Irish While in School and Now Part IV: Declared Competence in the Irish Language Part V: Frequency and Occasions of Use of Irish Part VI: Irish as a Basis of Common National Identity Part VII: Attitudes towards Irish Speakers.

Foreword by Eþamon Oþ Cuiþv, TD Author's Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Minorities in the Republic of Ireland Part I: Demographic Breakdown of Ethnic Minorities in Ireland Part II: Experience of Ethnic Minorities in Ireland Part III: Sequential Cycle of Acting-Out Prejudice (Allport) Chapter Three: Theory and Methodology Part I: Conceptual Framework Part II: Theoretical Framework Chapter Four: Social Distance in Ireland Part I: Introduction Part II: The Overall Social Distance Findings Part III: Changes in Social Distance since 1988-89 Part IV: Social Distance by 'Kinship' and 'Denial of Citizenship' Part V: Diverse Prejudices Part VI: Conclusion Chapter Five: Intergroup Definition Part I: The Rationalisation Scale Part II: Special Rationalisations Part III: Conclusion Chapter Six: Ethnic, Ethnico-Racial & Racial Prejudices Part I: Social Distance Scores of Total Sample Part II: Inter-Category Correlations Part III: Conclusion Chapter Seven: Ethnic, Ethnico-Racial and Racial Social Distance by Personal Variables Part I: Introduction Part II: Ethnic, Ethnico-Racial & Racial Social Distance by Personal Variables Part III: Anticipated Patterns of Variance by Personal Variables Part IV: Irish, British and American Stimulus Categories Part V: Continental European Nationalities Part VI: African, Asian and Racial Categories Part VII: Middle-East Categories Part VIII: Nota Bene -- The Age-Factor in Ethnic & Racial Prejudice Chapter Eight Ethnic Prejudice & Irish Ethnic Self-Identity Part I: Irish Ethnic Self-Identity Part II: Primary Ethnic Self-Identity by Personal Variables Part III: Public Reaction to Immigration Part IV: Ethnic Social Distance -- Kinship & Denial of Citz'ship Part V: Conclusion Chapter Nine Racial Prejudice Part I: Reflection on Recent Commentary Part II: Racial Prejudice in Ireland Part III: Racial Prejudice as Measured by Social Distance Part IV: Conclusion.