Contesting the state

Lessons from the Irish case
Herausgeber: Adshead, Maura; Millar, Michelle; Kirby, Peadar

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Produktbeschreibung

The first critical survey of the evolution, nature and role of the Irish state, which is widely recognized to have played a central role in Ireland's economic boom.

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This book is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, its history and evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic boom. Containing contributions from some of the leading authorities on the subject, it offers an in-depth analysis of a state widely seen as a model of success in this globalised era.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780719075100
• ISBN-10: 0719075106
• Artikelnr.: 23306799

Autorenporträt

Maura Adshead is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick. Peadar Kirby is Professor of International Politics and Public Policy at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick. Michelle Millar is College Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Figures and tables Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Ireland as a model of success: contesting the Irish state
Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar 2. From empire to Europe: the Irish state 1922
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J. J. Lee 3. State autonomy, state capacity and the patterning of politics in the Irish state
Maura Adshead 4. The partnership state
Rory O'Donnell 5. Social inclusion and the welfare state: who cares?
Michelle Millar 6. Ireland as a "competition state"
Peadar Kirby and Mary Murphy 7. The Irish patriarchal state: continuity and change
Pat O'Connor 8. Competing state projects in the contemporary Irish political economy
Seán Ó Riain 9. Conclusions
Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar Index