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Understanding contemporary Ireland / edited by Brendan Bartley and Rob Kitchin.

Contributor(s): Bartley, Brendan | Kitchin, Rob.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2007Description: x, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780745325958 (hbk.); 0745325955 (hbk.); 9780745325941 (pbk.); 0745325947 (pbk.).Subject(s): Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 21st century | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949-DDC classification: 941.70824
Contents:
Part I: Planning and Development -- Part II: Economy -- Part III: Political Landscape -- Part IV: Population and Social Issues.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is an account of Ireland in the twenty first century and the remarkable economic and social transformations that have occurred since the late 1980s.The 'Celtic Tiger' phenomenon made Ireland the focus of much attention in recent years. Other countries have openly declared that they want to follow the Irish economic and social model. Yet there is no book that gives a comprehensive, spatially informed analysis of the Irish experience.This book fills that gap. Divided into four parts - planning and development, the economy, the political landscape, and population and social issues - the book explains a particular aspect of Ireland and Irish life. The authors reveal how the transformations that have occurred are uneven and unequal in their effects across the country and highlight the challenges now facing Irish society and policy-makers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-334) and index.

Part I: Planning and Development -- Part II: Economy -- Part III: Political Landscape -- Part IV: Population and Social Issues.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • About the Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Ireland in the Twenty First Century
  • Part 1 Planning and Development
  • Section introduction
  • 2 Planning in Ireland
  • 3 Regional development: trends, policies and strategies
  • 4 Recent development of the Irish urban systems
  • 5 Urban property development
  • 6 Rural development - retrospect and prospect
  • 7 Transport
  • 8 Strategic

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Rozina Visram is an independent scholar working on multiculturalism and education. She is the author of Ayahs, Lascars and Princes (Pluto Press, 1986).