The state in transition : essays in honour of John Horgan / edited by Kevin Rafter and Mark O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Ireland.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xix, 379 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Stillorgan, County Dublin : New Island Books, 2015.

Contents:

Media

'Facile ignorance' and 'wild wild women': Religion, Journalism, and Social Change in Ireland 1961-1979 / Mark O'Brien O'Brien, Mark 3

Journalism Studies and 'The Crisis' of Journalism / Martin Conboy Conboy, Martin 28

Broadcasting and Public Policy: Personal Reflections / Bob Collins Collins, Bob 53

A Crisis of Ethics: Breaking the Cycle of Newspaper Irresponsibility / Chris Frost Frost, Chris 78

'An invaluable legacy to future generations of educationalists' / Áine Hyland Hyland, Áine 101

'You'll be lucky to have him' / Seamus Dooley Dooley, Seamus 109

'A candidate who seemed tailor-made for the job' / Thomas Mitchell Mitchell, Thomas 116

Politics

Leadership and Localism in Irish Politics: Some Reflections / J. J. Lee Lee, J. J. 127

'The Irish people should feel ashamed of themselves for what they had done'; Party Politics and the Fianna Fail Manifesto of 1977 / Gary Murphy Murphy, Gary 142

Opportunities for Economic Expansion: Ireland and the European Union / Theresa Reidy Reidy, Theresa 166

'Denounced from Catholic pulpits all around the country' / Mary Robinson Robinson, Mary 191

'By today's standards it was a cramped office' / Ruairi Quinn Quinn, Ruairi 197

'You don't win votes at election time, you harvest them' / Eithne Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, Eithne 203

Society

Criminal Libel, Censorship and Contempt of Court: D. C. Boyd's Editorship of the Waterford Standard / Anthony Keating Keating, Anthony 213

From Massification to Globalisation: Reflections on the Transformation of Irish Higher Education / Ellen Hazelkorn Hazelkorn, Ellen, Andrew Gibson Gibson, Andrew, Siobhán Harkin Harkin, Siobhán 235

The Role of the Public Intellectual / Mary Corcoran Corcoran, Mary 261

'Never justify. Never explain': Some Thoughts on Irish Political Memoirs / Kevin Rafter Rafter, Kevin 284

'He considers anger a waste of energy' / Brian Trench Trench, Brian 311

'I am sure there was confidence in Nero' / Eunan O'Halpin O'Halpin, Eunan 318

'The poor man was justifiably brassed off' / Fergal Tobin Tobin, Fergal 326.

ISBN:

1848404875

9781848404878

OCLC:

919683018