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The end of Irish history? : critical reflections on the celtic tiger / edited by Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman.

Contributor(s): Coulter, Colin, 1966- | Coleman, Steve, 1958-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2003Description: xii, 212 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0719062314; 9780719062315.Subject(s): History | European history | Economic growth | Economic history | Ireland | History | Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Civilization -- 20th century | Ireland -- Economic conditions | Ireland -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 338.9415 | 303.4 END
Contents:
The end of Irish history? an introduction to the book / Colin Coulter -- Macroeconomic policy in the Celtic tiger: a critical reassessment / Denis O'Hearn -- Neither Boston nor Berlin: class polarisation and neo-liberalism in the Irish republic / Kieran Allen -- Welcome to the Celtic tiger: racism, immigration and the state / Steve Loyal -- Irish women and the Celtic tiger economy / Sinead Kennedy -- Globalised Ireland, or, contemporary transformations of national identity? / G. Honor Fagan -- Millenarianism and utopianism in the new Ireland: the tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation / Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kubling -- Fear and loathing in lost ages: journeys through postmodern Dublin / David Slattery -- Contemporary discourses of working, earning and spending: acceptance, critique and the bigger picture / Anne B. Ryan -- The centralised government of liquidity: community, language and culture under the Celtic tiger / Steve Coleman -- Northern Ireland: a reminder from the present / Pete Shirlow.
Summary: This work systematically scrutinises the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the deceptively simple metaphor of the Celtic Tiger.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ireland appears to be in the process of a remarkable social change, a process which has dramatically reversed a hitherto seemingly unstoppable economic decline. This exciting new book systematically scrutinises the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the 'Celtic Tiger'. Takes the standpoint that a more critical approach to the course of development being followed by the Republic is urgently required. Sets out to expose the fallacies that drive the fashionable rhetoric of Tigerhood. An esteemed list of contributors deal with issues such as immigration, the role of women, globalisation, and changing economic and social conditions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The end of Irish history? an introduction to the book / Colin Coulter -- Macroeconomic policy in the Celtic tiger: a critical reassessment / Denis O'Hearn -- Neither Boston nor Berlin: class polarisation and neo-liberalism in the Irish republic / Kieran Allen -- Welcome to the Celtic tiger: racism, immigration and the state / Steve Loyal -- Irish women and the Celtic tiger economy / Sinead Kennedy -- Globalised Ireland, or, contemporary transformations of national identity? / G. Honor Fagan -- Millenarianism and utopianism in the new Ireland: the tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation / Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kubling -- Fear and loathing in lost ages: journeys through postmodern Dublin / David Slattery -- Contemporary discourses of working, earning and spending: acceptance, critique and the bigger picture / Anne B. Ryan -- The centralised government of liquidity: community, language and culture under the Celtic tiger / Steve Coleman -- Northern Ireland: a reminder from the present / Pete Shirlow.

This work systematically scrutinises the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the deceptively simple metaphor of the Celtic Tiger.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of tables and figures (p. ix)
  • Notes on contributors (p. x)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xii)
  • 1 The end of Irish history? An introduction to the book (p. 1)
  • 2 Macroeconomic policy in the Celtic Tiger: a critical reassessment (p. 34)
  • 3 Neither Boston nor Berlin: class polarisation and neo-liberalism in the Irish Republic (p. 56)
  • 4 Welcome to the Celtic Tiger: racism, immigration and the state (p. 74)
  • 5 Irish women and the Celtic Tiger economy (p. 95)
  • 6 Globalised Ireland, or, contemporary transformations of national identity? (p. 110)
  • 7 Millenarianism and utopianism in the new Ireland: the tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation (p. 122)
  • 8 Fear and loathing in lost ages: journeys through postmodern Dublin (p. 139)
  • 9 Contemporary discourses of working, earning and spending: acceptance, critique and the bigger picture (p. 155)
  • 10 The centralised government of liquidity: community, language and culture under the Celtic Tiger (p. 175)
  • 11 Northern Ireland: a reminder from the present (p. 192)
  • Index (p. 208)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Colin Coulter is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Steve Coleman is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth