The Lemass Era
Author: Brian Girvin
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13:
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Women and Politics in Contemporary Ireland
Author: Yvonne Galligan
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781855674332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs Ireland made the transition from a rural to a post-industrial society from the 1970s onwards, Irish women developed a significant political voice. Long excluded from participation in the civic arena, they organised to make new, challenging and specific demands on government. The relationship between feminist representatives and political decision makers is at the core of this book. It shows how Irish women developed the political skills required to represent women's interests to government effectively, and finds that the political activity of the women's movement in the Republic of Ireland contributed to the dismantling of a range of discriminatory policies against women. Galligan discusses the compromises made by both sides as the political system slowly moved to accomodate the feminist agenda. In doing so, she explores the dynamics of Irish politics from a different, yet complementary, perspective from the institutional approach which characterizes other studies of the Irish political system. This book clearly marks the significant points in the creation of a more woman-friendly society in Ireland from the 1970s to the present day. It is the story of women's rights in contemporary Ireland.
Contemporary Ireland
Author: Eoin O'Malley
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 2011-09-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 023051670X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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"--
Understanding Contemporary Ireland
Author: Brendan Bartley
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a detailed, student-friendly overview of Ireland in the twenty first century and the remarkable economic and social transformations that have occurred since the late 1980s. The "Celtic Tiger" phenomenon has made Ireland the focus of much attention in recent years. Other countries have openly declared that they want to follow the Irish economic and social model. Yet there is no book that gives a comprehensive, spatially-informed analysis of the Irish experience.This book fills that gap. Divided into four parts -- planning and development, the economy, the political landscape, and population and social issues -- the chapters provide an explanation of a particular aspect of Ireland and Irish life accompanied by illustrative material. In particular, the authors reveal how the transformations that have occurred are uneven and unequal in their effects across the country and highlight the challenges now facing Irish society and policy-makers.Written by experts in the field, it is a key text for those wishing to understand the contemporary Irish economic and social landscape.
Landscape and Society in Contemporary Ireland
Author: Brendan McGrath
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781909005716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNearby, over several days, a landowner, with the help of a JCB, razed level a limestone outcrop and its hazel thicket to make way for a brand new field that was topped off with truck-loads of imported soil. Meanwhile, on the other sideof the Burren an ugly array of signage, most of it unauthorised, became the backdrop for another 'welcome' sign. These various bits of new development in the last dozen years are unexceptional in themselves. But they drew my attention because of their proximity to that simple and unequivocal declaration of landscape protection. The contrast between the public message and what was happening around the signs is just one illustration of the unsatisfactory relationship that exists between contemporary Irish society and the places that it inhabits. This book is an examination of that relationship. The book is about both special places like the Burren and the everyday landscape experience. My aim is to give an account of contemporary Irish landscape and to describe and to explain how and why it has changed over the last forty years.
Contemporary Ireland
Author: Eoin O'Malley
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 0230343821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the last quarter century, Ireland has experienced dramatic political and economic change. 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.
An Introduction to Politics, State and Society
Author: James W McAuley
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2003-06-04
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780803979321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today. Key underlying themes include: The differences between traditional and alternative sites of power and what we mean by political the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics the rapid transformations in contemporary social structures and their impact on social and political life the role of human agency and its significance to social and political action and movements contemporary cultural and social dislocations and their impact on some of the major contested areas of political life today. Key features include: Key concepts and issues Key theorists and writers Discussion questions Comprehensive and accessible, An Introduction to Politics, State & Society is an essential text for all undergraduate students of politics, the contemporary state, power and political sociology.
Housing Contemporary Ireland
Author: Michelle Norris
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-03-11
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 1402056745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the past decade, Ireland’s economic growth has attracted international attention. This book analyses the consequences of that growth on housing and serves as a primer to other countries on the complexities of delivering sustainable housing solutions in the face of economic success. It introduces key housing developments and also reports on the findings of the latest research on the transformation of the sector in the past decade.
Postnationalist Ireland
Author: Richard Kearney
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1134821700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work provides a recasting of contemporary Irish politics, culture, literature and philosophy by examining the concept of absolute national sovereignty and asking if it is a luxury we can afford in the new emerging Europe.
Contemporary Ireland
Author: Sara O'Sullivan
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781904558873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStarting from the assumption that the Celtic Tiger has transformed Irish society and that there is indeed a new Ireland, this text covers all the topics that would be expected in an introductory text for sociology and Irish studies students, as well as in-depth topics for more advanced courses.
