Contesting the state
Subtitle: lessons from the Irish case
By: edited by Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar.
Contributors: Adshead, Maura.; Kirby, Peadar.; Millar, Michelle, 1973-
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780719075094; 9780719075100
Subjects: Political planning -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Ireland -- History -- 1922-; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-; Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1949; Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1949-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ireland as a model of success : contesting the Irish state / Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar; title: From empire to Europe : the Irish state 1922-73 / J.J. Lee; title: State autonomy, state capacity and the patterning of politics in the Irish state / Maura Adshead; title: The partnership state : building the ship at sea / Rory O'Donnell; title: Social inclusion and the welfare state : who cares? / Michelle Millar; title: Ireland as a 'competition state' / Peadar Kirby and Mary P. Murphy; title: The Irish patriarchal state : continuity and change / Pat O'Connor; title: Competing state projects in the contemporary Irish political economy / Seán Ó Riain; title: Conclusions / Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar.