Cultivating pluralism :  psychological, social and cultural perspectives on a changing Ireland / 
edited by Malcolm MacLachlan and Michael O'Connell. 
 - Dublin :  Oak Tree,  2001. 
 - 320p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1.A state of diversity? -- 2.Pain and prejudice: assessing the experience of racism in Ireland -- 3.Seeking refuge in Ireland: acculturation stress and perceived discrimination -- 4.Local authority residents: an invisible minority -- 5.The psychosocial health of Irish Traveller mothers -- 6.The minority experience: an international commentary -- 7.Talking about the other: a view of how secondary school pupils construct opinions about refugees and asylum seekers -- 8.... she never let them in: popular reactions to refugees arriving in Dublin -- 9.Policing pluralism -- 10.Immigration and resettlement in Ireland: planning services, supporting people -- 11.Refugee status in exile: the case of African asylum-seekers in Ireland -- 12.The majority experience: an international commentary -- 13.Acculturation ideologies: mixing multiculturalism, assimilation and discrimination -- 14.Stress, coping and acculturation of international medical students in Ireland -- 15.SOCRATES in Ireland: field dependence and homesickness in international students -- The Soujourn experience: an international commentary -- 17.Rewriting you: researching and writing about ethnic minorities. 
<br/><br/> This work will be of major interest to policy-makers, minority groups and students of social sciences and Irish studies, seeking to understand the complexities and challenges of a rapidly changing Ireland. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781860761928 (pbk.) :  £19.95 9781860761928 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001339430 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Racism--Ireland<br/>Pluralism (Social sciences)--Ireland<br/>Multiculturalism--Ireland<br/>Minorities--Ireland<br/>Society.<br/>Social theory<br/>Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DA927 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.482415 MAC