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Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy
Peadar Kirby (Ed.)
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Description for Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy
Paperback. Critical account of the economic boom in Ireland and the neo-liberal culture that has accompanied it. Editor(s): Kirby, Peadar; Gibbons, Luke; Cronin, Michael G. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Over the last decade the Irish economy has experienced a period of unprecedented growth which has earned it the title Celtic Tiger. This success has been interpreted by academic commentators as marking a social and cultural transformation, what some have called the reinvention of Ireland. The essays in this book challenge the largely positive interpretation of Ireland's changing social order.
The authors identify the ways in which culture and society have been made subservient to the needs of the market in this new neoliberal Ireland. They draw on subversive strands in Irish history and offer a ... Read more
Over the last decade the Irish economy has experienced a period of unprecedented growth which has earned it the title Celtic Tiger. This success has been interpreted by academic commentators as marking a social and cultural transformation, what some have called the reinvention of Ireland. The essays in this book challenge the largely positive interpretation of Ireland's changing social order.
The authors identify the ways in which culture and society have been made subservient to the needs of the market in this new neoliberal Ireland. They draw on subversive strands in Irish history and offer a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Irish Studies
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745318240
SKU
V9780745318240
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About Peadar Kirby (Ed.)
Peadar Kirby is Emeritus Professor of International Politics and Public Policy at the University of Limerick. He is the author of Towards a Second Republic: Irish Politics after the Celtic Tiger (Pluto, 2011), Vulnerability and Violence: The Impact of Globalisation (Pluto, 2005), Celtic Tiger in Collapse (2010) and co-editor of Transforming Ireland (2009) and Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the ... Read more
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