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Based on empirical data from research conducted in Northern Ireland, this chapter examines the way in which tolerance is displayed between majority and minority groups. The analysis considers the way in which migrants in particular navigate through public and private spaces to become integrated with the mainstream society. As such it deepens our understanding of social relations between minority and majority groups and seeks to contribute to debates on social integration and tolerance. Effectively the ways in which migrants integrate and are integrated into a society reveal different forms of tolerance that can be understood as a matrix involving different dimensions of both tolerance and intolerance (see below). Indeed, acceptance is not a linear pathway and for instance attaining recognition does not necessarily follow from mere tolerance and, as we will see, aspects (or facets?) of intolerance can also become a means to a more positive end. Ultimately society can reach a position where different groups recognize and respect each other. Such a move is reliant on proactive measures; indeed in certain situations this may involve intolerance, from government, civil society and individuals. The research shows how ‘mere tolerance’, although seemingly innocuous, has limited social value. Meanwhile some forms of intolerance can, in certain circumstances, lead to recognition and inclusion for migrant communities.
Author(s): McAreavey R
Editor(s): Honohan I; and Rougier N
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Tolerance and Diversity in Ireland, North and South
Year: 2015
Pages: 114-134
Print publication date: 30/11/2015
Acceptance date: 29/04/2014
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Place Published: Manchester
URL: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719097201/
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ISBN: 9780719097201
