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Barry Cannon is an Irish academic specialising development and democratisation who is from County Donegal, Ireland. Focusing on politics in Latin America, democracy and far-right politics, he currently serves as a lecturer and assistant professor at
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. He has been featured in multiple media outlets, including
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, '' The Irish Times'' and
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Education

In 1985, Cannon earned his Bachelor of Arts in English and history from the University College Dublin. For the next 15 years, Cannon travelled to England, Spain and Peru, working in local government, English teaching and development. In 1995 while in London, Cannon obtained his Master of Science in sociology. In 2000, he returned to Ireland to earn his PhD from the Dublin City University, studying Latin American
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under
Peadar Kirby Peadar Kirby is an author and academic at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick. Up to the academic year 2006/2007 he was a Senior Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. ...
. While spending eight months in Peru and Venezuela studying for his PhD, Cannon witnessed the
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and in 2004, he completed his PhD at Dublin City University.


Work

After completing his studies at Dublin City University, Cannon worked for Irish NGO Comhlamh on an
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project for international volunteering. At this time, Cannon created a Code of Practice for organisation that sent volunteers internationally and a Volunteer Charter, both used by the Irish Aid. Cannon returned to the Dublin City University School of Law and Government in 2006 helping organisations in Nicaragua,
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and
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, with the project aiding local governments and research. At this time, he witnessed a second coup, the
2009 Honduran coup d'état The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred when the Honduran Army on 28 June 2009 followed orders from the Honduran Supreme Court to oust President Manuel Zelaya and send him into exile. Zelaya h ...
. Cannon's work initially focused on politics in Latin America, with his first works focusing on leftist governments such as the Bolivarian government in Venezuela and later studying right-wing politics in the region. From 2010 to 2013, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salamanca. In 2013, Cannon began work as a lecturer and assistant professor for Maynooth University. The Irish Research Council funded the Stop Far Right research project led by Cannon and in collaboration with
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, which began in 2021 in an attempt by Ireland have researchers collaborate on how to combat the
far-right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
. During the 2022–23 Irish anti-immigration protests, he consulted
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, saying that the far-right were attempting to capitalise on social conflict to achieve increased support. From 2022 to 2023, his research turned towards a focus on
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Awards and recognition

In 2010, the Government of Ireland awarded Cannon a postdoctoral fellowship position through
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and the Irish Research Council. In 2012, Cannon along with co-author Peadar Kirby presented the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, their book ''Civil Society and the State in Left-Led Latin America''. His book '' The Right in Latin America: Elite Power, Hegemony and the Struggle for the State'' was listed in the Selection of 2016 Publications selected by the Irish Research Council in their annual review.


Publications


Books

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Journals

* * * Cannon, Barry (2014). "El poder de la derecha y la influencía permanente de la élite en Centroamérica." 35 (56): 78–105. * * * *


References

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