Reinventing Ireland
Subtitle: Culture, Society and the Global Economy (Contemporary Irish Studies)
Contributors: Peadar Kirby (Editor); Luke Gibbons (Editor); Michael Cronin (Editor)
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: April 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780745318257
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Political economy; History: World; Civilization; 20th century; Social conditions; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; Ireland; Economic History; Anthropology - Cultural; Europe - Ireland; History / Ireland; 1949-; Economic conditions
First sentence: 'Ireland reinvented itself during the 1990s', boldly proclaimed the 1999 strategy document of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), a three-year outline of economic and social policy agreed by all the social partners (government, business, farmers' groups, trade unions and the community and voluntary sector) (NESC 1999: 21).