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The end of Irish history? : critical reflections on the Celtic Tiger / edited by Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Macroeconomics--Ireland.
- Macroeconomics.
- Ireland--History--1922-.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Civilization--20th century.
- Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-.
- Ireland--Social conditions--1973-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : digital file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Ireland appears to be in the throes of a remarkable process of social and economic change. This text scrutinizes the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the deceptively simple metaphor of the ""Celtic Tiger"".
- Contents:
- 1. The end of Irish history? An introduction to the book / Colin Coulter
- 2. Macroeconomic policy in the Celtic Tiger: a critical reassessment / Denis O'Hearn
- 3. Neither Boston nor Berlin: class polarisation and neo-liberalism in the Irish Republic / Kieran Allen
- 4. Welcome to the Celtic Tiger: racism, immigration and the state / Steve Loyal
- 5. Irish women and the Celtic Tiger economy / Sinéad Kennedy
- 6. Globalised Ireland, or, contemporary transformations of national identity? / G. Honor Fagan
- 7. Millenarianism and utopianism in the new Ireland: the tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation / Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kuhling
- 8. Fear and loathing in lost ages: journeys through postmodern Dublin / David Slattery
- 9. Contemporary discourses of working, earning and spending: acceptance, critique and the bigger picture / Anne B. Ryan
- 10. The centralised government of liquidity: community, language and culture under the Celtic Tiger / Steve Coleman
- 11. Northern Ireland: a reminder from the present / Pete Shirlow
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- ISBN:
- 9786610734160
- 9781280734168
- 1280734167
- 9781847790361
- 1847790364
- 9781417578023
- 1417578025
- OCLC:
- 559122111
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