"Ireland appears to be in the throes of a remarkable process of social change. Since the 1990s, the apparently inescapable status of the 26 counties as an economic casualty has been dramatically reversed. In recent years, it has become commonplace for the Irish Republic to register formal rates of economic growth that are the envy of every other western European state. The purpose of this text is to scrutinize systematically the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the deceptively simple metaphor of the ""Celtic Tiger"". The standpoint of the book is that a more critical approach to the course of development being followed by the Republic is urgently required. The essays collected here set out to expose the fallacies that drive the fashionable rhetoric of Tigerhood. Four of these fallacies - that Ireland has cast off the chains of economic dependency; that everyone is benefiting from the economic recovery; that personal freedom and liberty are at an unprecedented level for all citizens; and that Ireland is also experiencing a period of strong cultural renaissance - are vigorously challenged. The contributors deal with issues such as immigration, women's issues, globalization and changing economic and social conditions. This book should be essential reading for all students of modern Ireland."
Edited by:
Colin Coulter,
Steve Coleman
Other:
Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9780719062315
ISBN 10: 0719062314
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 19 June 2003
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 Brussels: 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 - Sinead Kennedy 6. Globalised Ireland?:Or, contemporary transformations of national identity - G. Honor Fagan 7. Millinarianism and utopianism in the New Ireland: The tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation - Kieran Keohane & 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 centralized Government of liquidity: Community, language and culture under the Celtic Tiger - Steve Coleman 11. Northern Ireland: A reminder from the present - Pete Shirlow -- .
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 -- .
