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Author Kuhling, Carmen.

Title Cosmopolitan Ireland [electronic resource] : globalisation and quality of life / Carmen Kuhling and Kieran Keohane.

Imprint London ; Dublin ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.

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Description viii, 247 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pt. 1. Globalisation and social inequality in Ireland. Economics: social inequality and the Celtic tiger -- Politics: continuity and change in Irish political culture -- pt. 2. The diversification and commodification of Irish identity. Culture: race and multiculturalism in Ireland -- Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the globalisation of Irish identity -- pt. 3. Globalisation and quality of life in Ireland. Depression: The melancholy spirit of the Celtic tiger -- Binge drinking and overeating: globalisation and insatiability -- pt. 4. Beyond 'consumer citizenship' and neoliberalism: cosmopolitanising Ireland. Social welfare and redistribution: taxation and civic health -- Education and recognition: the cultivation of a cosmopolitan imaginary -- Conclusion: a cosmopolitan ethics for a postnational society.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Globalization -- Ireland.
Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1949-
Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Ireland -- Social conditions -- 1973-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Keohane, Kieran.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0745326501 (hardback)
9780745326504 (hardback)
0745326498 (pbk.)
9780745326498 (pbk.)
9781849643603 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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