Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies

Chris Gilligan

doi:10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793

Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies

Chris Gilligan^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

45 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Northern Ireland (NI) has been one of the central issues in Brexit. Yet, it barely featured in the discussions in the run up to the EU Referendum in 2016. This blind-spot regarding NI, has been a long-standing feature of social science research on the UK. This article examines the NI blind-spot, with a particular focus on its operation in ethnic and racial studies. The article examines the NI blind-spot as a methodological issue, through an application of, and then critical reflection on, the concept of ‘methodological nationalism’. The article also examines the NI blind-spot in relation to two key areas of applied ethnic and racial studies: immigration, and; ‘race relations’. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of our analysis for ethnic and racial studies in, and of, the UK.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-451
Number of pages	21
Journal	Ethnic and Racial Studies
Volume	45
Issue number	3
Early online date	3 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

Northern Ireland
methodological nationalism
United Kingdom
Brexit
immigration
race relations

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

2021 06 17 Gilligan Ireland finalFinal published version, 1.77 MBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND

Cite this

@article{6b5fde3afd9f45dfbad1efef2569a464,

title = "Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies",

abstract = "Northern Ireland (NI) has been one of the central issues in Brexit. Yet, it barely featured in the discussions in the run up to the EU Referendum in 2016. This blind-spot regarding NI, has been a long-standing feature of social science research on the UK. This article examines the NI blind-spot, with a particular focus on its operation in ethnic and racial studies. The article examines the NI blind-spot as a methodological issue, through an application of, and then critical reflection on, the concept of {\textquoteleft}methodological nationalism{\textquoteright}. The article also examines the NI blind-spot in relation to two key areas of applied ethnic and racial studies: immigration, and; {\textquoteleft}race relations{\textquoteright}. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of our analysis for ethnic and racial studies in, and of, the UK.",

keywords = "Northern Ireland, methodological nationalism, United Kingdom, Brexit, immigration, race relations",

author = "Chris Gilligan",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",

year = "2022",

doi = "10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793",

language = "English",

volume = "45",

pages = "431--451",

journal = "Ethnic and Racial Studies",

issn = "0141-9870",

publisher = "Routledge",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies

AU - Gilligan, Chris

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Northern Ireland (NI) has been one of the central issues in Brexit. Yet, it barely featured in the discussions in the run up to the EU Referendum in 2016. This blind-spot regarding NI, has been a long-standing feature of social science research on the UK. This article examines the NI blind-spot, with a particular focus on its operation in ethnic and racial studies. The article examines the NI blind-spot as a methodological issue, through an application of, and then critical reflection on, the concept of ‘methodological nationalism’. The article also examines the NI blind-spot in relation to two key areas of applied ethnic and racial studies: immigration, and; ‘race relations’. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of our analysis for ethnic and racial studies in, and of, the UK.

AB - Northern Ireland (NI) has been one of the central issues in Brexit. Yet, it barely featured in the discussions in the run up to the EU Referendum in 2016. This blind-spot regarding NI, has been a long-standing feature of social science research on the UK. This article examines the NI blind-spot, with a particular focus on its operation in ethnic and racial studies. The article examines the NI blind-spot as a methodological issue, through an application of, and then critical reflection on, the concept of ‘methodological nationalism’. The article also examines the NI blind-spot in relation to two key areas of applied ethnic and racial studies: immigration, and; ‘race relations’. We conclude by reflecting on the implications of our analysis for ethnic and racial studies in, and of, the UK.

KW - Northern Ireland

KW - methodological nationalism

KW - United Kingdom

KW - Brexit

KW - immigration

KW - race relations

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111850941&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793

DO - 10.1080/01419870.2021.1950793

M3 - Article

SN - 0141-9870

VL - 45

SP - 431

EP - 451

JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies

JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies

IS - 3

ER -

Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies

Abstract

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this