Contemporary Ireland
By: Eoin O'Malley
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230516700
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; HISTORY / Europe / Ireland; Economic conditions; Social conditions; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; Civil society; History
Description: "Ireland has been transformed in the last quarter century from a poor, traditional society to one of the wealthiest and most globalized countries in the world. This broad-ranging text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Irish society, politics and culture as well as developments in its economy and place in Europe and the world"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction: Ireland Transformed; title: Historical Background; title: Country and Peoples; title: The Political Economy of a Small, Open Country; title: Ireland's Changing Society; title: Government and Policy Making; title: Politics and Civil Society; title: Ireland and the World; title: Conclusions: The Challenges Ahead.