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The Catholic ethic and global capitalism / Bryan Fields.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fields, Bryan, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Routledge revivals.
- Routledge Revivals
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Economic aspects--Ireland.
- Globalization.
- Capitalism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Capitalism.
- Ireland--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.
- Ireland--Economic policy.
- Ireland--Foreign economic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2018.
- Summary:
- This title was first published in 2003. Fields traces the origins of recent economic growth in Ireland over a long period of development. In doing so, he opens up an old debate with new data, interpretations and evidence that will force many to question existing truths about the role of religion in economic growth.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary of Terms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Ireland in Profile : An Improbable Tiger Habitat
- 3 Rich Man, Poor Man : But is it a Tiger Economy?
- 4 The Accidental Tiger
- 5 The Sample and the Methodological Approach
- 6 A Profile of the Irish Economic Disposition
- 7 Explaining the Profile using Marx's Historical Materialism
- 8 Explaining the Profile using Elias' Figurational Sociology
- 9 Explaining the Profile using the insights of Weber, Freud, Durkheim, Parsons and Giddens
- 10 Conclusion : A Theory of Limits
- Appendices
- A Economic Speeches of the Tánaiste and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 1998-2000
- Β Stated Occupations of Captured Combatants 1916 and 1922
- C Comparison of the Occupational Profiles those Elected in the 1918 British General Election, the 1927 Free State Election and the 1998 General Election in the Republic
- D Profile of the Celtic Tiger Workforce Versus Profile of Elected Representatives
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-77551-0
- 1-315-19927-0
- 9781315199276
- OCLC:
- 1003972477
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