Towards a Second Republic

Mary P. Murphy, Peadar Kirby

Description

During the 1990s and 2000s, the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' model of development was hailed as a model for other European countries, but the global economic crisis has completely removed the credibility of Ireland's approach. So where does the country go now?



Towards a Second Republic analyses Ireland's economics, politics and society, drawing important lessons from its cycles of boom and bust. Peadar Kirby and Mary Murphy expose the winners and losers from the current Irish model of development and relates these distributional outcomes to the use of power by Irish elites. The authors examine the role of the EU and compare Ireland's crisis and responses to those of other states.



More than just an analysis of the economic disaster in Ireland, the book is also a proposal to construct new and more effective institutions for the economy and society. It is a must read for students of Irish politics and political economy.
List of Tables

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List of Boxes

Glossary of Irish Political Terms and Political Titles

Abbreviations

Preface

1. Introduction: Ireland and the Future of Capitalism

Part I: The Irish State

2. Irish Politics

3. The Irish State Bureaucracy

Section II: The Celtic Tiger Model

4. Managing the Irish Boom

5. The Losers

6. The Winners

Section III: International Context

7. The European Union

8. Reykjavik and Beyond

Section IV: Towards a Second Irish Republic

9. Facing the Challenges

10. Achieving the Second Republic

References

Index

Sujets

• Economic Policy
• Public Policy
• Political Science
• Ireland
• Political economy
• Stephen Ireland

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 07 octobre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781849646987
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Mary dedicates this book to Emer and Dan; may the Ireland they grow up in cherish all her children equally.

Peadar dedicates this book to Caoimhe and Bríd; go mb’fhéidir leosan agus a nglúin sochaí níos fearr a bhaint amach in Éirinn.

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List of Tables, Figures and Boxes Glossary of Irish Political Terms and Political Titles Abbreviations Preface

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Introduction: Ireland and the Future of Capitalism Approach and contents of this book A failure of capitalism? Ireland’s boom–bust cycles

PART I: THE IRISH STATE 2. Irish Politics  Political institutions  A centralised state with a localised electoral system  Political culture  Political parties  Fianna Fáil dominance  Gender:Plus ça change  Social partnership: Coopting dissent  The public sphere: Ideas in a populist state  Northern Ireland  Conclusion: An argument for a second republic 3. The Irish State Bureaucracy  The colonial legacy  The Department of Finance  The traditional political culture of the Irish civil service  The changing role of the civil service  Devolution and developments in local government  reform  Northern Ireland bureaucracies  Power, policymaking capacity and implementation  Conclusion: Power elites and cosy consensus

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PART II: THE CELTIC TIGER MODEL 4. Managing the Irish Boom  Phases of the Celtic Tiger  Ideology undermines the boom  Developments in Northern Ireland: Towards an  ‘allisland’ economy?  Options for the Irish model  Conclusion: Mismanaging Ireland’s boom 5. The Losers  Ireland in international comparison  Reviewing past trends in poverty and inequality  Who loses most?  Housing  Spatial inequalities  Conclusion: Power and inequality 6. The Winners  How much wealth and how many wealthy?  Members of the elite and golden circles  Corruption  How policy promoted wealth accumulation  Conclusion: Elites and power

PART III: INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 7. The European Union  Ireland in the European Community  The European Union and the Celtic Tiger  Ambiguous impacts  Conclusion: Ireland in Europe – towards a new model? 8. Reykjavik and Beyond  Ireland and globalisation  Small states: Dealing with vulnerabilities  Latin America: Avoiding collapse  Ireland and Iceland: A revealing comparison  Other cases: Finland, New Zealand, Spain  Conclusion: Lessons learned

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PART IV: TOWARDS A SECOND IRISH REPUBLIC 9. Facing the Challenges  Values for a second Irish republic  An emerging reform agenda  What model do Irish citizens want? Political economy  options  Conclusion: An active citizenry 10. Achieving the Second Republic  Towards a second republic  Balance of political forces  Civil society mobilises for change  Towards an allIreland republic?  Conclusion: Ireland and models of capitalism

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