Review from previous edition Offers rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years Irish Times The uniformly high standard of the contributions to this book, and the clarity with which they are argued, will mean that chapters from it will be assigned as reading to advanced undergraduates." Irish Journal of Sociology 'The mix of timeliness and historical perspective, high quality data, sophisticated analysis of that data, and unified perspective produces a volume that is nothing short of outstanding.' Michael Hout, Economic and Social Review

• IntroductionThe Context of Economic DevelopmentProblems of Industrialisation in IrelandThe Demographic Transition in Ireland in International ContextThe Significance of Small-Scale Landholders in Ireland's Socio-economic TransformationIndustrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in IrelandExplaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the PoliticalChange in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of IrelandIncome Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative PerspectiveThe Irish Welfare State in Comparative PerspectiveCatholicism and Industrial Society in IrelandSocial and Religious Transformation in Ireland: A Case of Secularization?The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in IrelandThe State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative PerspectiveAre Irish Parties Peculiar?Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in IrelandThe Theory of Industrialism and the Irish CaseBibliographyIndex

Review from previous edition Offers rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years Irish Times The uniformly high standard of the contributions to this book, and the clarity with which they are argued, will mean that chapters from it will be assigned as reading to advanced undergraduates." Irish Journal of Sociology 'The mix of timeliness and historical perspective, high quality data, sophisticated analysis of that data, and unified perspective produces a volume that is nothing short of outstanding.' Michael Hout, Economic and Social Review

• IntroductionThe Context of Economic DevelopmentProblems of Industrialisation in IrelandThe Demographic Transition in Ireland in International ContextThe Significance of Small-Scale Landholders in Ireland's Socio-economic TransformationIndustrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in IrelandExplaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the PoliticalChange in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of IrelandIncome Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative PerspectiveThe Irish Welfare State in Comparative PerspectiveCatholicism and Industrial Society in IrelandSocial and Religious Transformation in Ireland: A Case of Secularization?The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in IrelandThe State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative PerspectiveAre Irish Parties Peculiar?Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in IrelandThe Theory of Industrialism and the Irish CaseBibliographyIndex