The Irish Economy in Transition
Successes, Problems and Prospects
Published on 16. December 2002
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-0-7623-0979-5 (ISBN)
Description
The transformation of Ireland from one of the poorer countries in Western Europe to one of the best performing is one of the most remarkable economic success stories in recent times. The ten papers in this collection were presented at a conference at Lehigh University in March 2001. Written from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, the papers collectively discuss the recent evolution of the Irish economy and the factors responsible. They also analyze the problems that rapid growth has generated and the consequent domestic policy challenges in such areas as infrastructure, the environment, education, and social welfare.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7623-0979-5 (9780762309795)
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Content
Introduction and Overview (V. Munley, R. Thornton). The Irish Economy: Recent Experience and Prospects (M. Cassidy). Foreign Direct Investment: The Case of the Electronics and Pharmaceuticals Industries (J. Durkan). Nurturing Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Ireland: The Case of the Software Sector (C. Fanning, C. Murphy). Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the EMU (R. Thom). Fiscal Policy and the Public Finances: Creative Approaches to Pension Funding (J. McHale). Privatization of Electricity and Telecommunications in Ireland (M. McDowell). Has Ireland Outgrown its Clothes? Infrastructural and Environmental Constraints in Ireland (J. Fitzgerald). Ireland in the 1990s: The Problem of Unbalanced Regional Development (M. Keane). Ireland's Social Safety Net (E. Fitzgerald). The Celtic Tiger - A View from the Trenches of Academia (M.P. Mortell).