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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786595103321

Autore

Bielenberg Andy <1959-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-09495-6

1-283-86133-X

1-136-21057-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Altri autori (Persone)

RyanRaymond

Disciplina

330.9417

Soggetti

Ireland Economic conditions 1918-1949

Ireland Economic conditions 1949-

Ireland Economic policy

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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