Ireland's Economic History

Crisis and Development in the North and South

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

This book explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland's economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability. The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisions, academics have tended to look at a two-region approach to economic development, without adequately acknowledging the interactive nature of the island economy as a source of the crises or as a solution to systemic divergence.McCann's definitive and dynamic history of the Irish economy circumvents conventional analyses and investigates the economic development of the island economy as a whole, highlighting where aggressive differentiation has been divisive and destabilising. He concludes by considering an alternative integrated and cohesive process of economic development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-09-12
Mått:135 x 215 x 15 mm
Vikt:335 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745330303

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Gerard McCann is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at St Mary's University College (Queen's University, Belfast). He is Director of the Global Dimension in Education project and co-ordinates partnership initiatives with universities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. He has written extensively on the European Union's development and education policies. He is the author of Ireland's Economic History (Pluto, 2011) and editor of From the Local to the Global (Pluto, 2015).

Recensioner i media

'An outstanding critique of the management of the Irish economy over two centuries. For anyone interested in understanding why Ireland is in the state it is in: read it'

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. The colonial economy (1831–1860) Land and laissez-faire The famine economy 2. Post-famine adjustment and industrialization(1861–1921) The new reality War as stimulus 3. Partition and depression (1921–1939) The northern ‘dominion’Economic war 4. The impact of war (1939–1957)War economy in the north Post-war reconstruction5. Modernisation and the conflict economy (1958–1987) Opening the northInto the European Economic CommunityThe conflict economy in the north The bleak 1980s 6. The peace dividend (1988–2001) Integrating the border as an answerRegionalisation as developmentThe Agreement 7. Neoliberal Ireland From model to miracle The collapse Conclusion BibliographyIndexBibliographyIndex