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Book Synopsis'An insightful and engaging encounter with the complexities of a rapidly changing Ireland.' Dr. Patricia Cormack, St. Francis Xavior University, Canada
Trade Review'A fast-paced yet historical and analytic account of the new Irish global economy and its leap into a cosmopolitan culture with its highs and lows' -- John O’Neill, author of Civic Capitalism: The State of Childhood (2004) and Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Toronto
'One can't help but delight in Keohane and Kuhling's Cosmopolitan Ireland. Their evocative examples and insightful analyses are an important tool for helping us understand the zeitgeist of contemporary Irish culture' -- Dr. Matthew Trachman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queensborough Community College, City University New York
'Kuhling and Keohane offer a sociologically insightful and engaging encounter of a rapidly changing Ireland' -- Dr. Patricia Cormack, Associate Professor, Sociology, St. Francis Xavior University, Nova Scotia, Canada
'Profound and stimulating insights into the transformations which have affected Irish society over the last two decades and how the celebratory rhetoric of achievement is often challenged by evidence of mounting inequality and sharp, social dislocation' -- Professor Michael Cronin, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin CityUniversity
Table of ContentsPart 1: Globalisation and Social Inequality in Ireland.
1. Economics: Social inequality and the Celtic Tiger
2. Politics: Continuity and Change in Irish Political Culture
Part 2: Cosmopolitan Ireland (?): The Diversification and Commodification of Irish Identity.
3. Culture: Race and Multiculturalism in Ireland
4. Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the Globalisation of Irish Identity
Part 3: Globalisation and the Quality of Life in Ireland.
5. Depression: The Melancholy Spirit of the Celtic Tiger.
6. Binge drinking and Overeating: Globalisation and Insatiability
Part 4: Beyond 'Consumer Citizenship' and Neo-Liberalism: Cosmopolitanising Ireland
7. Social Welfare and Redistribution: Taxation and 'Civic Health'
8. Education and Recognition: The Cultivation of a Cosmopolitan Imaginary
9. Conclusion: A Cosmopolitan Ethics for a Post-National Society
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