Global Ireland : same difference / Tom Inglis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inglis, Tom.

Series:

Globalizing regions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture and globalization--Ireland.

Culture and globalization.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Ireland--Economic conditions--21st century.

Ireland.

Ireland--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

"Ireland" offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed European backwater to the "emerald tiger," a country with a booming economy based on knowledge and high tech industries. Not long ago it was one of the poorest and most traditional countries in Europe, yet now it is one of the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan. Using a number of case studies of Ireland's transition, Tom Inglis explains what this means for traditional Irish culture and society and offers an incisive social portrait of globalizing Ireland. Books in" Globalzing Regions" series look at how nations and regions across the world are navigating the tumultuous currents of globalization. Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary, and theoretically informed, they serve as ideal introductions to the peoples and places of our increasingly globalized world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415944236

0415944236

0415944228

9780415944229

9780203934005

0203934008

OCLC:

183145244