Irish business & society : governing, participating & transforming in the 21st century / edited by John Hogan, Paul F. Donnelly, Brendan K. O'Rourke.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: reflections on issues in Irish busines and society. John Hogan, Paul F. Donnelly and Brendan K. O'Rourke -- Section I.The making and unmaking of the celtic tiger -- 1.Labour and employment in Ireland in the era of the celtic tiger. Nicola Timoney -- 2.Politics and economic policy making. Frank Barry -- 3.Forming Ireland's Industrial Development Authority. Paul F. Donnelly -- 4.Enterprise discourse: its origins and its influence in Ireland. Brendan K. O'Rourke -- 5.The politics of Irish social secrity policy 1986-2006. Mary P. Murphy -- 6.Need the Irish economic experiment fail? William Kingston -- Section II.Governance, regulation and justics -- 7.A review of corporate governance research: an Irish perspective. Niamh M. Brennan -- 8.Corporate social responsibility in Ireland: current pracitce and directions for future research. Rebecca Maughan -- 9.White-collar crime: the business of crime. Roderick Maguire -- 10.Politicial corruption in Ireland: a downward spiral. Gillian Smith -- 11.Lobbying regulation: an Irish solution to a universal problem? Conor McGrath -- 12.A social justice perspecive on the celtic tiger. Connie Harris Ostwald -- Section III.Partnership and participation -- 13.Economic crises and the changing influence of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Public Policy. John Hogan -- 14.Partnership at enterprise level in Ireland. Kevin O'Leary -- 15.From Ballymun to Brussels: forms of partnership governance in Irish social inclusion policy. Jess J. Norris -- 16.People in control: the promise of the co-operative business approach. Olive McCarthy, Robert Briscoe and Michael Ward -- 17.Emotional intelligence components and conflict resolution. Helen Chen and Patrick Phillips -- 18.Regulatory framework: Irish employment law. Mary Faulkner -- Section IV.Whither Irish borders? Ireland, Europe and the woder world -- 19.Ireland and the European Union: mapping domestic modes of adaptation and contestation. John O'Brennan -- 20.Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: a changed relationship. Mary C. Murphy -- 21.Cultural tourism development in Irish villages and towns: the role of aunthenticity, social, cultural and tourist capital. Breda McCarthy -- 22.Twenty-first-century international careers: from economicto lifestyle migration. Marian Crowley-Henry -- 23.Achieving growth in a regional economy; lessons from Irish economic history. John McHale -- 24.The Europeanisation of Irish public policy: theoretical and comparative perspectives. Kate Nicholls -- Section V.Interests and concerns in contemporary Ireland -- 25.Access and expectation: interest groups in Ireland. Gary Murphy -- 26.Civil society in Ireland: antecedents, identity and challenges. Geoff Weller -- 27.The practice of politics: feminism, activism and social change in Ireland. Jennifer K. DeWan -- 28.Alcohol advertising in Ireland: the challenge of responsibility and regulation. Patrick Kenny and Gerard Hasting s-- 29.Children's interactions with television advertising. Margaret-Anne Lawlor -- 30.Do modern business communications technologies mean a surveillance society? Karlin Lillington -- 31.Spirituality, work and Irish soceity. John Cullen.

A contemporary exploration of the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationships between business and society in 21st century Ireland that provides the context in which to question and inform our perspectives on both.