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9780745326504

Cosmopolitan Ireland Globalization and Quality of Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745326504

  • ISBN10:

    0745326501

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-07-20
  • Publisher: PLUTO PRESS (UK)

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Summary

Ireland is going through a period of unprecedented economic and cultural growth and renewal. These changes are due in part to neoliberal policies that have attracted foreign investment. The globalization of Ireland's economy has had major social consequences. Living standards are rising quickly. Emigration has reversed. Catholicism has been secularized, laws on divorce and sexuality have been liberalized. Ireland has become an urban society for the first time. But there is stark inequality and social exclusion; epidemics of depression, alcoholism, and obesity; traditional values and community are declining; and there is deep ambivalence towards immigrants. Ireland's economy is globalized, but is Irish society cosmopolitan? Wealth has increased, but has quality of life improved? The authors explore the developments of the last 15 years, capturing the intensity of the debates that make up the new cosmopolitan multi-cultural Ireland.

Author Biography

Carmen Kuhling is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick
Kieran Keohane is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. viii
Introductionp. 1
Globalisation and Social Inequality in Ireland
Economics: Social Inequality and the Celtic Tigerp. 11
Politics: Continuity and Change in Irish Political Culturep. 29
The Diversification and Commodification of Irish Identity
Culture: Race and Multiculturalism in Irelandp. 51
Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: The Globalisation of Irish Identityp. 76
Globalisation and Quality of Life in Ireland
Depression: The Melancholy Spirit of the Celtic Tigerp. 107
Binge Drinking and Overeating: Globalisation and Insatiabilityp. 129
Beyond 'Consumer Citizenship' and Neoliberalism: Cosmopolitanising Ireland
Social Welfare and Redistribution: Taxation and Civic Healthp. 153
Education and Recognition: The Cultivation of a Cosmopolitan Imaginaryp. 178
Conclusion: A Cosmopolitan Ethics for a Postnational Societyp. 206
Notesp. 216
Bibliographyp. 222
Indexp. 241
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