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Author: Carmen Kuhling ,
Kieran Keohane
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.412kg
ISBN: 9780745326504
ISBN 10: 0745326501
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 20 July 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Here we have a fast-paced yet historical and analytic account of the new Irish global economy and its leap into a cosmopolitan culture with its highs and lows. [The authors] cross Irish cultural studies with the political economy of neo-liberal globalization to explore its civic deficits in education, community and welfare infrastructures. -- John O'Neill, author of Civic Capitalism: The State of Childhood (2004) and Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Toronto One can't help but delight in Keohane and Kuhling's Cosmopolitan Ireland. Their evocative examples and insightful analyses are an important tool for helping us understand the zeitgeist of contemporary Irish culture. -- Dr. Matthew Trachman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queensborough Community College, City University New York Kuhling and Keohane offer a sociologically insightful and engaging encounter ... of a rapidly changing Ireland. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of this country... Readers will find engaging discussions of topics from consumption and desire to the 'good-life', all grounded in critical debates about postmodern citizenship and the just society in contemporary Ireland. -- Dr. Patricia Cormack, Associate Professor, Sociology, St. Francis Xavior University, Nova Scotia, Canada [The authors] offer the reader profound and stimulating insights into the transformations which have affected Irish society over the last two decades and how the celebratory rhetoric of achievement is often challenged by evidence of mounting inequality and sharp, social dislocation. ... Anybody who is interested in the future of Ireland should read this book. -- Professor Michael Cronin, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University
'One can't help but delight in Keohane and Kuhling's Cosmopolitan Ireland. Their evocative examples and insightful analyses are an important tool for helping us understand the zeitgeist of contemporary Irish culture.' Dr. Matthew Trachman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queensborough Community College, City University New York 'A sociologically insightful and engaging encounter with the complexities and subtleties of a rapidly changing Ireland. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the fate of this country.' Dr. Patricia Cormack, Associate Professor, Sociology, St. Francis Xavior University, Nova Scotia, Canada'A fast-paced yet historical and analytic account of the new Irish global economy and its leap into a cosmopolitan culture with its highs and lows of consumerism, binge drinking, defamilization, sub-urbanization and very high youth suicide rates.' John O'Neill, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Toronto
Author Information
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).
