Towards a second republic : Irish politics after the celtic tiger / / Peadar Kirby and Mary P. Murphy

• Autore: Kirby Peadar
• Pubblicazione: London, : Pluto Press, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9417
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Ireland - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland Economic conditions 21st century; Ireland Economic policy 21st century
• Altri autori: MurphyMary <1964->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Glossary of Irish Political Terms and Political Titles -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Ireland and the Future of Capitalism -- Approach and Contents of this Book -- A Failure of Capitalism? -- Ireland's Boom-Bust Cycles -- Part I - The Irish State -- 2. Irish Politics -- Political Institutions -- A Centralised State with a Localised Electoral System -- Political Culture -- Political Parties -- Fianna Fáil Dominance -- Gender: PLUS ÇA CHANGE -- Social Partnership: Co-opting Dissent -- The Public Sphere: Ideas in a Populist State -- Northern Ireland -- Conclusion: An Argument for a Second Republic -- 3. The Irish State Bureaucracy -- The Colonial Legacy -- The Department of Finance -- The Traditional Political Culture of the Irish Civil Service -- The Changing Role of the Civil Service -- Devolution and Developments in Local Government Reform -- Northern Ireland Bureaucracies -- Power, Policy-making Capacity and Implementation -- Conclusion: Power Elites and Cosy Consensus -- Part II - The Celtic Tiger Model -- 4. Managing the Irish Boom -- Phases of the Celtic Tiger -- Ideology Undermines the Boom -- Developments in Northern Ireland: Towards an 'All-Island' Economy? -- Options for the Irish Model -- Conclusion: Mismanaging Ireland's Boom -- 5. The Losers -- Ireland in International Comparison -- Reviewing Past Trends in Poverty and Inequality -- Who Loses Most? -- Housing -- Spatial Inequalities -- Conclusion: Power and Inequality -- 6. The Winners -- How Much Wealth and How Many Wealthy? -- Members of the Elite and Golden Circles -- Corruption -- How Policy Promoted Wealth Accumulation -- Conclusion: Elites and Power -- Part III - International Context -- 7. The European Union -- Ireland in the European Community -- Ambiguous Impacts. ; Conclusion: Ireland in Europe - Towards a New Model? -- 8. Reykjavik and Beyond -- Ireland and Globalisation -- Small States: Dealing with Vulnerabilities -- Latin America: Avoiding Collapse -- Ireland and Iceland: A Revealing Comparison -- Other Cases: Finland, New Zealand, Spain -- Conclusion: Lessons Learned -- Part IV - Towards a Second Irish Republic -- 9. Facing the Challenges -- Values for a Second Irish Republic -- An Emerging Reform Agenda -- What Model Do Irish Citizens Want? Political Economy Options -- Conclusion: An Active Citizenry -- 10. Achieving the Second Republic -- Towards a Second Republic -- Balance of Political Forces -- Civil Society Mobilises for Change -- Towards an All-Ireland Republic? -- Conclusion: Ireland and Models of Capitalism -- Index -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: Analyses Ireland's economics, politics and society, drawing lessons from its cycles of boom and bust.
• Titolo autorizzato: Towards a second republic
• ISBN: 1-84964-698-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826061403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II