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Book SynopsisA radical look at the Irish austerity measures and the attempts to prop up business and the banks at the expense of ordinary citizens, left to bear the brunt of conditions they did not cause. Many of these contributors predicted Ireland's rapid cyle of boom and bust, even at the height of the Celtic Tiger boom.
Trade Review‘The word austerity, with its hint of a decent plainness and admirable self-discipline, is one of the more fraudulent of contemporary euphemisms. As this compelling volume suggests, it is rather a question of violence, deprivation and despair, as the powerful and privileged once more unload their problems on to the poor. There are many fine books around, but few are as urgently necessary as this one.’
Professor Terry Eagleton, Distinguished Professor of English at Lancaster University and Professor of Cultural Theory at NUI Galway
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Table of Contents1. Introduction – Colin Coulter
Section A: The political economy of crisis in Ireland
2. False economy: the financialisation of Ireland and the roots of austerity – Conor McCabe
3. Interpretations of the Irish economic crash – Kieran Allen
4. The perfect storm: crisis, capitalism and democracy – Sinead Kennedy
5. Ireland and the new economy – Angela Nagle
Section B: Casualties of the crisis in Ireland
6. Ireland’s disappeared: suicide, violence and austerity – Michael Cronin
7. The impact of the crisis on Irish women – Alison Spillane
8. Defiance and hope: austerity and the community sector in the Republic of Ireland – John Bissett
9. All aboard the Migration Nation – Gavan Titley
Section C: Lessons from the crisis for the Irish Left
10. Lessons from the era of social partnership for the Irish labour movement – Francisco Arqueros
11. Ireland, the Left and the European Union – Daniel Finn
12. Business is too important to be left to Irish business – Michael Taft
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