Ireland Under Austerity

Neoliberal Crisis, Neoliberal Solutions
Herausgeber: Coulter, Colin; Nagle, Angela

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Produktbeschreibung

Once held up as a 'poster child' for the benefits of untrammeled capitalist globalisation, the Irish Republic has more recently come to represent a cautionary tale for those tempted to tread the same neoliberal path. The crash in the world economy had especially grave repercussions for Ireland, as it only narrowly escaped bankruptcy by negotiating emergency loans at punitive rates from the IMF, EU and ECB. A series of austerity measures introduced by successive Irish governments and overseen by the institutions of global finance has seen the country endure what some consider the most substantial 'adjustment' ever experienced in a developed society during peacetime. In this collection of essays, a range of academics, activists and political commentators delineate the reactionary course that Ireland has followed since the ignominious demise of the Celtic Tiger. A central thread that runs through the book is that the forces of neoliberalism have employed the economic crisis they caused to advance policies that are in their own very narrow interests. The host of regressive measures imposed since the onset of global recession has fundamentally restructured Irish society and will continue to do so long after public anger recedes and the national humiliation of the 'bailout' fades from memory. Ireland Under Austerity provides a critical and engaging account of what has happened to a society that in recent years has, more than most, mapped out the pernicious cycle of boom and bust that remains an essential hallmark of contemporary capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780719091995
• ISBN-10: 0719091993
• Artikelnr.: 42786589

Autorenporträt

Colin Coulter is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University Angela Nagle received her PhD from Dublin City University, and is a contributor to the Dublin Review of Books, the Atlantic and the Irish Times

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction - Colin Coulter Section A: The political economy of crisis
in Ireland 2. False economy: the financialisation of Ireland and the roots
of austerity - Conor McCabe 3. Interpretations of the Irish economic crash
- Kieran Allen 4. The perfect storm: crisis, capitalism and democracy -
Sinead Kennedy 5. Ireland and the new economy - Angela Nagle Section B:
Casualties of the crisis in Ireland 6. Ireland's disappeared: suicide,
violence and austerity - Michael Cronin 7. The impact of the crisis on
Irish women - Alison Spillane 8. Defiance and hope: austerity and the
community sector in the Republic of Ireland - John Bissett 9. All aboard
the Migration Nation - Gavan Titley Section C: Lessons from the crisis for
the Irish Left 10. Lessons from the era of social partnership for the Irish
labour movement - Francisco Arqueros 11. Ireland, the Left and the European
Union - Daniel Finn 12. Business is too important to be left to Irish
business - Michael Taft Index