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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146883003321

Titolo

The end of Irish history? : critical reflections on the Celtic Tiger / / edited by Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2003

ISBN

9786610734160

9781280734168

1280734167

9781847790361

1847790364

9781417578023

1417578025

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : digital file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoulterColin <1966->

ColemanSteve

Disciplina

941.70824

Soggetti

Macroeconomics - Ireland

Ireland History 1922-

Ireland Civilization 20th century

Ireland Economic conditions 1949-

Ireland Social conditions 1973-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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"".