Cosmopolitan Ireland: Globalization and the Quality of Life - Couverture rigide

Kuhling, Carmen; Keohane, Kieran

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745326501 ISBN 13 : 9780745326504

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2007

Synopsis

Ireland is going through a period of unprecedented economic and cultural growth and renewal. These changes are due in part to neoliberal policies that have attracted foreign investment.

The globalization of Ireland's economy has had major social consequences. Living standards are rising quickly. Emigration has reversed. Catholicism has been secularized, laws on divorce and sexuality have been liberalized and Ireland has become an urban society for the first time.

But there is stark inequality and social exclusion; epidemics of depression, alcoholism, and obesity; traditional values and community are declining; and there is deep ambivalence towards immigrants. Ireland's economy is globalized, but is Irish society cosmopolitan? Wealth has increased, but has quality of life improved? The authors explore the developments of the last 15 years, capturing the intensity of the debates that make up the new cosmopolitan multi-cultural Ireland.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Carmen Kuhling is a Lecturer in Sociology and Gender, Culture and Society. She is the co-author of Cosmopolitan Ireland (Pluto, 2007).

Kieran Keohane is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork. He is the co-author of Cosmopolitan Ireland (Pluto, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745326501
• ISBN 13: 9780745326504
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible