Thinking citizenship and its constitutive subject: Interrogating the 2004 Irish citizenship referendum debate

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-180

  Mhurchú, Aoileann Ní ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Difference; Republic of Ireland; Sovereignty; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CITIZENSHIP; CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLITICAL BOUNDARY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOVEREIGNTY; TRADE-OFF;

IRELAND;

EID: 79956155417     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2011.549704     Document Type: Article

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