Contemporary Ireland : a sociological map / edited by Sara O'Sullivan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2007.Description: 432 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781904558873 (pbk.) :
- 9781904558873 (pbk.) :
- History
- Ireland
- c 1990 to c 1999
- c 2000 to c 2009
- Sociology & anthropology
- Ireland -- Civilization -- 21st century
- Northern Ireland -- Civilization -- 21st century
- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Northern Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Northern Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- 941.70824 OSU
- DA925
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Section I: Contours of a changing Ireland -- 1. Population-- 2. Immigration-- 3.Irish mobilities-- Section II: Institutions:- -- 4. Individualisation and secularisiation in Catholic Ireland -- 5. Family -- 6. Education -- 7. Crime, policing and social control -- 8. Modern Ireland, modern media, same old story?-- 9. A question of sport -- Section III: Governance --10.The peace process in Northern Ireland-- 11. Power and powelessness-- 12.The environment and civil society-- Section IV: Economy, development and the Celtic Tiger -- 13. Globalisation, the state and Ireland\'s miracle economy -- 14. Work trasformed: two faces of the new Irish workplace-- 15. Gender and the workforce -- 16. Food and rural sustainable development -- 17. Social class and inequality -- 18.The changing working class in Northern Ireland -- 19. Commodity or home? Critical perspectives on Irish housing-- Section VI: Identity, diversity and culture -- 20. Identity, language and nationality -- 21. Habitus, identity and post-conflict transition in a Cathlic working-class community in Northern Ireland -- 22. Protestants and protestant habitus in Northern Ireland -- 23. Racism and sectarianism in Northern Ireland.
Starting from the assumption that the Celtic Tiger has transformed Irish society and that there is indeed a new Ireland, this text covers all the topics that would be expected in an introductory text for sociology and Irish studies students, as well as in-depth topics for more advanced courses.