| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 164 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-157) and indexes. |
| Contents |
History -- Deportation and Other Immigration Controls -- Extradition -- Prosecution -- Media Caricatures -- The Facade of Neutrality. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Summary |
Irish political prisoners have sought and found refuge in the United States since the 1800s. In 1986, however, US government policy changed, in part as a reward for Britain's support in the US attack on Libya. The tools of exclusion were subtly and not so subtly politicized, as ways were found to deport or in other ways to criminalize potentially embarrassing Irish activists. In this book, Karen McElrath examines the problematic history of Irish political prisoners in the United States. Drawing on original research interviews with prisoners, their families and their supporters in the US, she looks at the ways in which the rule of law can change, for entirely political reasons" and considers the impact of those changes. She looks too at the use of specific sanctions" deportation, extradition, and prosecution - and at shifting priorities in US immigration policies. In this fascinating account of a complex and much-contested issue, McElrath examines the struggles over deportation and extradition within the context of Anglo-US relations" and sheds new light on the political nature of the rule of law. |
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Irish Republican Army -- History.
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Irish Republican Army.
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Irish Republican Army. (OCoLC)fst00544685
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United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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Northern Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
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Political prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Deportation -- United States.
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Extradition -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
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Deportation. (OCoLC)fst00890840
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
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Extradition. (OCoLC)fst00919015
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International relations. (OCoLC)fst00977053
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Political prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01069649
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Northern Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205215
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2001
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McElrath, Karen, 1959- Unsafe haven. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2000 0745313175 (DLC) 99046659 (OCoLC)42392179 |
| ISBN |
9781849640169 (electronic bk.) |
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1849640165 (electronic bk.) |
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0585425809 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585425801 (electronic bk.) |
