| Global Ireland: Same Difference Contributor(s): Inglis, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415944236 ISBN-13: 9780415944236 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Ireland offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed European backwater to the 'emerald tiger', a country with a booming economy based on knowledge and high-tech industries. Not long ago it was one of the poorest and most traditional countries in Europe, yet now it is one of the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan. Using a number of case studies of Ireland's transition, Tom Inglis explains what this means for traditional Irish culture and society and offers an incisive social portrait of globalizing Ireland. Books in Globalzing Regions series look at how nations and regions across the world are navigating the tumultuous currents of globalization. Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary, and theoretically informed, they serve as ideal introductions to the peoples and places of our increasingly globalized world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 941.708 |
| LCCN: 2008460008 |
| Series: Globalizing Regions (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.04" W x 7.85" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Global Ireland offers a concise synthesis of globalization's dramatic impact on Ireland. In the past fifteen years, Ireland has transformed from a sleepy and depressed European backwater to the 'emerald tiger', a country with a booming economy based on knowledge and high-tech industries. Not long ago it was one of the poorest and most traditional countries in Europe, yet now it is one of the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan. Using a number of case studies of Ireland's transition, Tom Inglis explains what this means for traditional Irish culture and society, and offers an incisive social portrait of globalizing Ireland. Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary and theoretically informed, this volume is an ideal introduction to Ireland. |
