Understanding contemporary Ireland :  state, class and development in the Irish Republic / 
Richard Breen ... [et al.]. 
 - Basingstoke :  Gill and Macmillan,  1990. 
 - xii,248p. :  ill. ;  22cm. 
<br/><br/> Bibliography: p223-238. - Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 223-238. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction: the Transformation of Ireland's Social Structure.  2. The Evolution and Structure of the Irish State. 3. The Transformation of the Class Structure: Occupations, Opportunities and Occupants.  4. The State and the Distribution and Redistribution of Income. 5. State, Class and Family. 6. Education: the Promise of Reform and the Growth of Credentialism. 7. Employment, Unemployment and Industrial Policy. 8. Industrial Relations and the State. 9. Agriculture: policy and Politics. 10. The Ebbing Tide. 
<br/><br/> The aim of this study is to assemble and interpret economic and social change in Ireland since 1960. The authors place these changes in the context of the Irish experience since independence, and compare Ireland's problems and economic progress to that of other developed countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780333524961 (pbk: Macmillan) :  14.99 9780717117413 (pbk: Gill and Macmillan) :  No price 9780333423684 (cased) :  £29.50 0717117413 (pbk: Gill and Macmillan) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>European history<br/>Economic history<br/>Sociology & anthropology<br/>Macroeconomics
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Ireland--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Ireland  Social conditions, 1949- 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN400.3.A8 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>941.50823 BRE