Cosmopolitan Ireland [electronic resource] : globalisation and quality of life / Carmen Kuhling and Kieran Keohane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookPublication details: London ; Dublin ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, 2007.Description: viii, 247 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 303.48/2417 22
LOC classification:
  • HC260.5 .K84 2007eb
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Contents:
Pt. 1. Globalisation and social inequality in Ireland. Economics: social inequality and the Celtic tiger -- Politics: continuity and change in Irish political culture -- pt. 2. The diversification and commodification of Irish identity. Culture: race and multiculturalism in Ireland -- Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the globalisation of Irish identity -- pt. 3. Globalisation and quality of life in Ireland. Depression: The melancholy spirit of the Celtic tiger -- Binge drinking and overeating: globalisation and insatiability -- pt. 4. Beyond 'consumer citizenship' and neoliberalism: cosmopolitanising Ireland. Social welfare and redistribution: taxation and civic health -- Education and recognition: the cultivation of a cosmopolitan imaginary -- Conclusion: a cosmopolitan ethics for a postnational society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Globalisation and social inequality in Ireland. Economics: social inequality and the Celtic tiger -- Politics: continuity and change in Irish political culture -- pt. 2. The diversification and commodification of Irish identity. Culture: race and multiculturalism in Ireland -- Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the globalisation of Irish identity -- pt. 3. Globalisation and quality of life in Ireland. Depression: The melancholy spirit of the Celtic tiger -- Binge drinking and overeating: globalisation and insatiability -- pt. 4. Beyond 'consumer citizenship' and neoliberalism: cosmopolitanising Ireland. Social welfare and redistribution: taxation and civic health -- Education and recognition: the cultivation of a cosmopolitan imaginary -- Conclusion: a cosmopolitan ethics for a postnational society.

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