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Debating austerity in Ireland : crisis, experience and recovery /

Contributor(s): Heffernan, Emma [editor.] | McHale, John (John Francis) [editor.] | Moore-Cherry, Niamh [editor.].
Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : Royal Irish Academy, 2017Description: xix, 339 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781908997685; 1908997680.Subject(s): Debts, Public -- Ireland | Budget deficits -- Ireland | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Government policy | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Government policy -- Ireland | Ireland -- Economic policyDDC classification: 338.9417
Contents:
Foreword / Patrick Honohan -- Introduction : austerity in Ireland : a debate / Niamh Moore-Cherry, John McHale and Emma Heffernan -- A general theory of austerity / Simon Wren-Levi -- Why austerity? / John McHale -- The ideological project of austerity experts / Kiernan Allen -- irish media coverage of the housing bubble and austerity / Julien Mercille -- Austerity in the European periphery : the Irish austerity / Niamh Hariman, Spyros Blavoukos, Sebastian Dellepiane Avellaneda and George Pagoulatos -- Austerity and inequality in Ireland / Christopher T. Whelan and Brian Nolan -- Austerity, resistance and social protest in Ireland : movement outcomes / Niamh Hourigan -- Housing and austerity : a two-way street / Ronan Lyons -- Poverty and risk : the impacy of austerity on vulnerable females in Dublin's inner city / Emma Heffernan -- Child poverty in a period of austerity / Dorothy Watson, Bertrand Maitre, Christopher T. Whelan and James Williams -- Resilience : a high price for survival? The impact of austerity on Irish higher education, South and North / Rosalind Pritchard and Maria Slowey -- Migration patterns, experiences and consequences in an age of austerity / Mary Gilmartin -- The austerity myth : parenting and the new thrift culture in contemporary Ireland / Fiona Murphy -- Ireland's recovery : explanation, potential and pitfalls / Seán Ó Riain -- Resources available for public services : how does Ireland compare now and how to prepare for the future? / Seamus Coffey -- Towards an inclusive and just recovery / Seán Healy -- Conclusion : progressing debates on austerity in Ireland / John McHale, Niamh Moore-Cherry and Emma Heffernan.
Summary: The austerity that followed the recent economic and financial crisis in has led to impassioned debates across the social sciences and the public at large. Although Ireland was not its only victim, the depth of the interacting economic, banking and budgetary crises has meant that the level of public interest has been especially intense. Among the hotly debated questions: what is austerity? Was it necessary? What have been its consequences? One of the defining features of the debate to date has been its tendency to polarise opinion and adopt a one-dimensional perspective. This book challenges us to adopt a more nuanced approach to understandings of austerity, and by extension the path to recovery. The book brings together leading national and international experts from across the social sciences to debate this traumatic period in Ireland's economic and social development.
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Includes appendices, bibliographical references (pages 410-333) and index.

Foreword / Patrick Honohan -- Introduction : austerity in Ireland : a debate / Niamh Moore-Cherry, John McHale and Emma Heffernan -- A general theory of austerity / Simon Wren-Levi -- Why austerity? / John McHale -- The ideological project of austerity experts / Kiernan Allen -- irish media coverage of the housing bubble and austerity / Julien Mercille -- Austerity in the European periphery : the Irish austerity / Niamh Hariman, Spyros Blavoukos, Sebastian Dellepiane Avellaneda and George Pagoulatos -- Austerity and inequality in Ireland / Christopher T. Whelan and Brian Nolan -- Austerity, resistance and social protest in Ireland : movement outcomes / Niamh Hourigan -- Housing and austerity : a two-way street / Ronan Lyons -- Poverty and risk : the impacy of austerity on vulnerable females in Dublin's inner city / Emma Heffernan -- Child poverty in a period of austerity / Dorothy Watson, Bertrand Maitre, Christopher T. Whelan and James Williams -- Resilience : a high price for survival? The impact of austerity on Irish higher education, South and North / Rosalind Pritchard and Maria Slowey -- Migration patterns, experiences and consequences in an age of austerity / Mary Gilmartin -- The austerity myth : parenting and the new thrift culture in contemporary Ireland / Fiona Murphy -- Ireland's recovery : explanation, potential and pitfalls / Seán Ó Riain -- Resources available for public services : how does Ireland compare now and how to prepare for the future? / Seamus Coffey -- Towards an inclusive and just recovery / Seán Healy -- Conclusion : progressing debates on austerity in Ireland / John McHale, Niamh Moore-Cherry and Emma Heffernan.

The austerity that followed the recent economic and financial crisis in has led to impassioned debates across the social sciences and the public at large. Although Ireland was not its only victim, the depth of the interacting economic, banking and budgetary crises has meant that the level of public interest has been especially intense. Among the hotly debated questions: what is austerity? Was it necessary? What have been its consequences? One of the defining features of the debate to date has been its tendency to polarise opinion and adopt a one-dimensional perspective. This book challenges us to adopt a more nuanced approach to understandings of austerity, and by extension the path to recovery. The book brings together leading national and international experts from across the social sciences to debate this traumatic period in Ireland's economic and social development.

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