Contests and Contexts: The Irish Language and Ireland’s Socio-Economic Development

Author:   John Walsh
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   15
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9783039119141


Pages:   474
Publication Date:   23 November 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Despite being Ireland’s national and first official language, Irish is marginalised and threatened as a community language. The dominant discourse has long dismissed the Irish language as irrelevant or even an obstacle to Ireland’s progress. This book critiques that discourse and contends that the promotion of Irish and sustainable socio-economic development are not mutually exclusive aims. The author surveys historical and contemporary sources, particularly those used by the Irish historian J.J. Lee, and argues that the Irish language contributes positively to socio-economic development. He grounds this argument in theoretical perspectives from sociolinguistics, political economy and development theory, and suggests a new theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between language and development. The link between the Irish language and Ireland’s socio-economic development is examined in a number of case studies, both within the traditional Irish-speaking Gaeltacht communities and in urban areas. Following the spectacular collapse of the Irish economy in 2008, this critical challenge to the dominant discourse on development is a timely and thought-provoking study.

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Author:   John Walsh
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9783039119141


ISBN 10:   3039119141
Pages:   474
Publication Date:   23 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Coming at a time of major national reappraisal of where we are going as a society, this book has a huge contribution to make to charting the road towards a better future [...] one of the most important books written on the Irish language for a very long time. (Peadar Kirby, Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick, Ireland) This is an important book, and with applications beyond Ireland. The sort of development Walsh is interested in is limited by language but also enlivened by it: Irish is its guiding principle - an assertion of identity, a source of cohesion, a solid ground from which to act. At the very least, Walsh's work should provoke productive argument. (Colin Ryan, Australasian Journal of Irish Studies 12, 2012)


Coming at a time of major national reappraisal of where we are going as a society, this book has a huge contribution to make to charting the road towards a better future [...] one of the most important books written on the Irish language for a very long time. (Peadar Kirby, Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, University of Limerick, Ireland)


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John Walsh is a Lecturer in Irish at the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland, Galway. He has previously worked as a lecturer at Dublin City University, with the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages, and as a journalist with the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ and the Irish-language television channel TG4. In 2009 he was appointed Fulbright Irish Language Scholar and spent six months teaching and researching at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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