Overview

This book explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland's economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability. The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisions, academics have tended to look at a two-region approach to economic development, without adequately acknowledging the interactive nature of the island economy as a source of the crises or as a solution to systemic divergence. McCann's definitive and dynamic history of the Irish economy circumvents conventional analyses and investigates the economic development of the island economy as a whole, highlighting where aggressive differentiation has been divisive and destabilising. He concludes by considering an alternative integrated and cohesive process of economic development.

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Author:   Gerard McCann
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780745330310

ISBN 10:   0745330312
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   12 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The colonial economy (1831–1860) Land and laissez-faire The famine economy 2. Post-famine adjustment and industrialization (1861–1921) The new reality War as stimulus 3. Partition and depression (1921–1939) The northern ‘dominion’ Economic war 4. The impact of war (1939–1957) War economy in the north Post-war reconstruction 5. Modernisation and the conflict economy (1958–1987) Opening the north Into the European Economic Community The conflict economy in the north The bleak 1980s 6. The peace dividend (1988–2001) Integrating the border as an answer Regionalisation as development The Agreement 7. Neoliberal Ireland From model to miracle The collapse Conclusion Bibliography Index Bibliography Index

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'An outstanding critique of the management of the Irish economy over two centuries. For anyone interested in understanding why Ireland is in the state it is in: read it' -- Denis O'Hearn, Binghamton University, State University of New York

An outstanding critique of the management of the Irish economy over two centuries. For anyone interested in understanding why Ireland is in the state it is in: read it. -- Denis O'Hearn, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Author Information

Gerard McCann is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at St Mary's University College (Queen's University, Belfast). He is Director of the Global Dimension in Education project and co-ordinates partnership initiatives with universities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. He has written extensively on the European Union's development and education policies. He is the author of Ireland's Economic History (Pluto, 2011) and editor of From the Local to the Global (Pluto, 2015).

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