The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy

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Sean O'Riain (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)

The Politics of High Tech Growth

Developmental Network States in the Global Economy

Sean O'Riain (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)

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Cambridge University Press
29 January 2008

Society & Social Sciences; Sociology & anthropology; Development economics

Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences

This book argues that beneath the Irish trade and foreign investment boom lies a more interesting story of regional innovation promoted by an alliance between the state and local technical communities. This alliance was governed through a decentralized set of state institutions, drawing on 'global' and 'local' economic and political resources. This 'Developmental Network State' has had a significant impact on the growth of Ireland's high tech cluster and is central to the emergence of an international network of 'global high tech regions' from Silicon Valley to Ireland, Taiwan, and Israel. The book provides a detailed study of the rise of the software industry in Ireland and of the state institutions and political conditions which promoted it. It shows how new 'network state' policies and institutions have been central to high tech regions elsewhere.

By: Sean O'Riain (National University of Ireland Maynooth)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No. 23
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 338g
ISBN: 9780521711876
ISBN 10: 0521711878
Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 January 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; Part I. Development in the Global Information Economy: 1. Networks of development: globalization, high technology, and the Celtic Tiger; 2. State developmentalisms and capitalist globalizations; 3. Explaining the Celtic Tiger; Part II. Software and the Celtic Tiger: 4. 'Location Nation': remaking society for foreign investment; 5. Indigenous innovation and the developmental network state; 6. Making global and local; 7. The class politics of the global region; Part III. The Politics of the Developmental Network State: 8. Institutions of the developmental network state; 9. Politics and change in developmental regimes; 10. Developmental bureaucratic and network states in comparative perspective; 11. Futures of the network state; Appendix A. Methodology of the study; Bibliography; Index.

Sean O Riain is Professor of Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Reviews for The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy

'Sean O Riain has written a splendid book. It contains a lot of new and novel evidence about the relationship between states and economic development, and it is particularly insightful in making sense of how small states adjust to the opportunities and constraints presented by the world economy. I highly recommend it.' Neil Fligstein, University of California-Berkeley 'It would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of this book. It is in my view the most insightful account of the dynamics shaping modern Ireland since Professor Joe Lee's classic Ireland: Politics and Society 1912-1985.' Peadar Kirby, Village