Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy

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Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons, Michael Cronin
Pluto Press, 2002 - 232 pages
Over the last decade the Irish economy has experienced a period of unprecedented growth which has earned it the title Celtic Tiger. This success has been interpreted by academic commentators as marking a social and cultural transformation, what some have called the reinvention of Ireland. The essays in this book challenge the largely positive interpretation of Ireland's changing social order. The authors identify the ways in which culture and society have been made subservient to the needs of the market in this new neo-liberal Ireland. They draw on subversive strands in Irish history and offer a broader and more robust understanding of culture as a site of resistance to the dominant social order and as a political means to fashion an alternative future.

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The Reinvention of Ireland A Critical
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Contested Pedigrees of the Celtic Tiger 21
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Culture and State in Irelands New Economy
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Luke Gibbons has taught as professor of Irish Studies at Maynooth University, Ireland, and the University of Notre Dame and has published widely on Irish culture and criticism.

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