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The Celtic tiger in distress : growth with inequality in Ireland / Peadar Kirby.
Lippincott Library HC260.5 .K5648 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirby, Peadar.
- Series:
- International political economy series (Palgrave (Firm))
- International political economy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-.
- Ireland.
- Economic conditions.
- Ireland--Economic conditions--1918-1949.
- Ireland--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Income distribution--Ireland.
- Income distribution.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- This book challenges the widespread optimistic interpretation of Ireland's Celtic Tiger economy and, through a detailed examination of its economic basis and social impact, questions its sustainability.
- Contents:
- Map: 'Ireland of the Welcomes' xiv
- Ireland as a 'role model' 1
- Three difficulties 3
- Part I The Celtic Tiger 9
- 1 Pre-History 11
- Ireland: a newly industrialising country (NIC) 12
- Phases of Irish development 14
- Characteristics of Irish industrialisation 20
- Ireland and the NICs 23
- Sharing the benefits? 26
- 2 Nature and Causes 29
- Evidence of success 31
- Towards a high-tech economy 33
- Institutional transformation 39
- Learning the lessons 43
- 3 Impact 47
- Living standards 48
- Distribution 55
- Inequalities 60
- Quality of life 65
- Part II Understanding the Celtic Tiger 69
- 4 Mainstream Explanations 71
- Explanations from mainstream economics 71
- Understanding economic growth 77
- Dominant assumptions 81
- 5 Critical Explanations 89
- Dependency theory, Marxism 89
- Political economy 96
- Expanding theoretical boundaries 105
- 6 Elaborating Theory 108
- The changing self-understanding of the social sciences 109
- Towards an adequate theoretical framework 110
- Theoretical contributions 113
- Towards an international political economy of development 124
- Part III Towards an International Political Economy of Ireland's Development in the 1990s 127
- 7 State 129
- A developmental state? 130
- A distributive state? 132
- Dilemmas 141
- A competition state 142
- 8 Market 145
- State or market? 146
- Deferring to the market 147
- Outcomes 155
- Cultural discourse and market logic 157
- An Irish neo-liberalism 160
- 9 Society 164
- Development 165
- Society as structure 168
- Social corrosion 173
- Politics 175
- The Irish model 180
- Part IV Futures 183
- 10 Options 185
- Where Ireland has got to 185
- Globalisation 189
- Where Ireland might go 195
- Means 199
- Conclusions: contested meanings 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333964357
- 0333964365
- OCLC:
- 48469221
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