Cosmopolitan Ireland

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'A fast-paced yet historical and analytic account of the new Irish global economy and its leap into a cosmopolitan culture with its highs and lows' -- John O'Neill, author of Civic Capitalism: The State of Childhood (2004) and Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, York University, Toronto 'One can't help but delight in Keohane and Kuhling's Cosmopolitan Ireland. Their evocative examples and insightful analyses are an important tool for helping us understand the zeitgeist of contemporary Irish culture' -- Dr. Matthew Trachman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Queensborough Community College, City University New York 'Kuhling and Keohane offer a sociologically insightful and engaging encounter of a rapidly changing Ireland' -- Dr. Patricia Cormack, Associate Professor, Sociology, St. Francis Xavior University, Nova Scotia, Canada 'Profound and stimulating insights into the transformations which have affected Irish society over the last two decades and how the celebratory rhetoric of achievement is often challenged by evidence of mounting inequality and sharp, social dislocation' -- Professor Michael Cronin, School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Dublin CityUniversity