The Last Hurrah Podcast: The “Irish Way” in US Politics

Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 6, 2021 | 0

In the third episode of The Clinton Institute’s Last Hurrah podcast, Prof. James Barrett of the University of Illinois explains to Liam Kennedy and Scott Lucas how and why Irish Americans became so successful politically in the US.

Barrett, the author of “The Irish Way”, discusses the appeal of the Democratic Party for Irish Americans, and he considers why Irish American political power diminished in the first half of the 20th century.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

The Last Hurrah Podcast: The “Irish Way” in US Politics

In the third episode of The Clinton Institute’s Last Hurrah podcast, Prof. James Barrett of the University of Illinois explains to Liam Kennedy and Scott Lucas how and why Irish Americans became so successful politically in the US.

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