Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780197261200 |
| ISBN10: | 0197261205 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 476 pages |
| Size: | 243x164x32 mm |
| Weight: | 872 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 41 figures |
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The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland
The Third Joint Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy
Series:
Proceedings of the British Academy;
79;
Publisher: OUP
Date of Publication: 28 January 1993
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Short description:
Questions of the typicality or 'exceptionalism' of the Irish experience are discussed, and the relevance of this experience for current theories of industrialism and 'modernization' is critically examined.
Long description:
An important text for scholars and students on an aspect of Irish society that has been inadequately covered elsewhere. Ireland is one of the nations of the western world in which industrialization was longest delayed. In these papers, sociologists, economists and political scientists offer 'rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years' (Irish Times). Questions of the typicality or 'exceptionalism' of the Irish experience are discussed, and the relevance of this experience for current theories of industrialism and 'modernization' is critically examined.
Review from previous edition Offers rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years
Review from previous edition Offers rich and original insights into how Irish society has developed, particularly over the last 30 years
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Context of Economic Development
Problems of Industrialisation in Ireland
The Demographic Transition in Ireland in International Context
The Significance of Small-Scale Landholders in Ireland's Socio-economic Transformation
Industrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in Ireland
Explaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the Political
Change in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of Ireland
Income Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
The Irish Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
Catholicism and Industrial Society in Ireland
Social and Religious Transformation in Ireland: A Case of Secularization?
The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in Ireland
The State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Are Irish Parties Peculiar?
Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in Ireland
The Theory of Industrialism and the Irish Case
Bibliography
Index
The Context of Economic Development
Problems of Industrialisation in Ireland
The Demographic Transition in Ireland in International Context
The Significance of Small-Scale Landholders in Ireland's Socio-economic Transformation
Industrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in Ireland
Explaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the Political
Change in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of Ireland
Income Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
The Irish Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
Catholicism and Industrial Society in Ireland
Social and Religious Transformation in Ireland: A Case of Secularization?
The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in Ireland
The State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Are Irish Parties Peculiar?
Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in Ireland
The Theory of Industrialism and the Irish Case
Bibliography
Index
