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Abstract
This book explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland's economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability.
The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisions, academics have tended to look at a two-region approach to economic development, without adequately acknowledging the interactive nature of the island economy as a source of the crises or as a solution to systemic divergence.
McCann's definitive and dynamic history of the Irish economy circumvents conventional analyses and investigates the economic development of the island economy as a whole, highlighting where aggressive differentiation has been divisive and destabilising. He concludes by considering an alternative integrated and cohesive process of economic development.
'An outstanding critique of the management of the Irish economy over two centuries. For anyone interested in understanding why Ireland is in the state it is in: read it'
Denis O'Hearn, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Cover | Cover | ||
Contents | v | ||
Acknowledgements | vii | ||
Introduction | 1 | ||
1. The Colonial Economy (1831-1860) | 5 | ||
Land and Laissez-Faire | 13 | ||
The Famine Economy | 23 | ||
2. Post-Famine Adjustment and Industrialization (1861-1921) | 35 | ||
The New Reality | 51 | ||
War as Stimulus | 59 | ||
3. Partititon and Depression (1921-1939) | 70 | ||
The Northern 'Dominion' | 79 | ||
Economic War | 86 | ||
4. The Impact of War (1939-1957) | 102 | ||
War Economy in the North | 107 | ||
Post-War Reconstruction | 115 | ||
5. Modernization and the Conflict Economy (1958-1987) | 125 | ||
Opening the North | 136 | ||
Into the European Economic Community | 145 | ||
The Conflict Economy in the North | 152 | ||
The Bleak 1980s | 161 | ||
6. The Peace Dividend (1988-2001) | 166 | ||
Integrating the Border as an Answer | 170 | ||
Regionalization as Development | 175 | ||
The Agreement | 183 | ||
7. Neoliberal Ireland | 192 | ||
From Model to Miracle | 204 | ||
The Collapse | 209 | ||
Conclusion | 215 | ||
Bibliography | 219 | ||
Index | 233 |