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Book SynopsisCritical account of the economic boom in Ireland and the neoliberal culture that has accompanied it
Trade Review'At the cutting edge of social and cultural commentary on Ireland' -- Books Ireland
Table of ContentsContributors
1. The Reinvention of Ireland: A Critical Perspective by Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons and Michael Cronin
Section I: Economy and Society
2. Contested Pedigrees of the Celtic Tiger by Peadar Kirby
3. Culture and State in Ireland’s New Economy by Michel Peillon
4. Speed Limits: Ireland, Globalisation and the War against Time by Michael Cronin
Section II: Public Spaces
5. Citizenship and Education: A Crisis of the Republic? by Joseph Dunne
6. The Global Cure? History, Therapy and the Celtic Tiger by Luke Gibbons
Section III: Historical Legacies
7. Colonialism and the Celtic Tiger: Legacies of History and the Quest for Vision by Geraldine Moane
8: Religion and the Celtic Tiger: The Cultural Legacies of Anti-Catholicism in Ireland by Lionel Pilkington
Section IV: Media
9. The Celtic Tiger’s Media Pundits by Barra Ó Séaghdha
10. Broadcasting and the Celtic Tiger: From Promise to Practice by Roddy Flynn
11. Screening the Green: Cinema under the Celtic Tiger by Debbie Ging
12. Conclusions and Transformations by Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons and Michael Cronin
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