Cosmopolitan Ireland globalisation and quality of life /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Dublin ; Ann Arbor, Mich. :
Pluto Press,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Globalisation and social inequality in Ireland. Economics: social inequality and the Celtic tiger
- Politics: continuity and change in Irish political culture
- pt. 2. The diversification and commodification of Irish identity. Culture: race and multiculturalism in Ireland
- Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the globalisation of Irish identity
- pt. 3. Globalisation and quality of life in Ireland. Depression: The melancholy spirit of the Celtic tiger
- Binge drinking and overeating: globalisation and insatiability
- pt. 4. Beyond 'consumer citizenship' and neoliberalism: cosmopolitanising Ireland. Social welfare and redistribution: taxation and civic health
- Education and recognition: the cultivation of a cosmopolitan imaginary
- Conclusion: a cosmopolitan ethics for a postnational society.