An economic history of Ireland since independence / Andy Bielenberg and Raymond Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bielenberg, Andy, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Ryan, Raymond.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Economic conditions--1918-1949.

Ireland.

Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-.

Ireland--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a cogent summary of the economic history of the Irish Free State/Republic of Ireland. It takes the Irish story from the 1920s right through to the present, providing an excellent case study of one of many European states which obtained independence during and after the First World War. The book covers the transition to protectionism and import substitution between the 1930s and the 1950s and the second major transition to trade liberalisation from the 1960s. In a wider European context, the Irish experience since EEC entry in 1973 was the most extreme European example of

Contents:

From dependent free state to EEC member-state; economic policies 1922-1973

A new frontier; the EEC/EU and economic governance: 1973-2011

Nature's bounty; agriculture and natural resources

Late industrialization; from import substitution to foreign direct investment

From good haircuts to bad bankers; the services sector in the economy

International trade and economic development

Investment, credit and economic development

A European outlier? Demography and the labour force

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-09495-6

1-283-86133-X

1-136-21057-1

9780203094952

OCLC:

820787655