Showcasing Globalisation?: The Political Economy of the Irish Republic - Couverture souple

Smith, Nicola Jo-Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0719069939 ISBN 13 : 9780719069932

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Despite the enormous academic debate about the impact of globalisation on national policy-making, surprisingly few authors choose to explore specific national contexts in significant detail. Yet such an approach can reveal a great deal about the dynamics of change in contemporary political economies.

This book examines in-depth what is perhaps the test case for globalisation: the Irish Republic. Not only is Ireland hailed as the most globalised economy in the world, but its transformation into the Celtic Tiger in the 1990s is seen to demonstrate how nations can flourish in the new global economy. By implication, if other countries are to emulate Ireland's success they too must submit to the exogenous forces of globalisation.

The book critically assesses such claims, exploring what if anything the term globalisation can reveal about the Irish case and, indeed, what the Irish case can reveal about globalisation. In so doing, it emphasises the need to unpack processes of economic and policy change, highlighting their complexity and contingency.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nicola Jo-Anne Smith is Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0719069939
• ISBN 13: 9780719069932
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible