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Contemporary Ireland : a sociological map / edited by Sara O'Sullivan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2007.Description: 432 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781904558873 (pbk.) :
  • 9781904558873 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.70824 OSU
LOC classification:
  • DA925
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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