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

Author:
Kuhling, Carmen
Published:
London ; Dublin ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
viii, 247 p. ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators:
Keohane, Kieran
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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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ISBN:
0745326501 (hardback)
9780745326504 (hardback)
0745326498 (pbk.)
9780745326498 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-237) and index.
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