Sixties Ireland - Reshaping the Economy, State and Society, 1957-1973

A radical new perspective revealing the truth behind the making of modern Ireland from economic rebirth to entering the EEC.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Economy: 1. 'Bringing up the rear of the pack' in Europe's golden age of economic growth; 2. Transforming the economy: whose plan?; 3. Coping with change 1: industry and trade unions; 4. Coping with change 2: agriculture and rural Ireland; 5. Coping with change 3: regional and physical planning; Part II. Society: 6. The optimism of a rising tide; 7. Farewell to 'the vanishing Irish'; 8. Women, children and families; 9. Second-wave feminism and the Irish family; 10. The churches; 11. Education, health and welfare; Part III. Politics and International Relations: 12. Party politics: the revolution that never happened; 13. International relations; 14. Northern Ireland; Conclusion: abandoning the past?; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Mary E. Daly is Professor Emeritus in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. In 2014 she was elected as the first woman President of the Royal Irish Academy in the Academy's 229-year history. In addition to a career as a teacher and researcher in modern Irish history, spanning more than forty years, she has been Principal of the College of Arts and Celtic Studies at UCD. She is a member of the Irish government's Expert Advisory Group on Commemorations, and in 2015 was appointed as a Commissioner to investigate the history of Ireland's mother and baby homes.

Summary

A comprehensive account of the remaking of Ireland's economy and society. Mary E. Daly examines how this small state responded to the political and economic pressures associated with modern industrialisation and EEC membership; a story that is instructive to contemporary debates about sovereignty and globalisation.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Daly, Mary E. Daly, Mary E. (University College Dublin) Daly, Mary. E Daly, Daly Mary E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2016
• EAN: 9781107145924
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14592-4
• No. of pages: 442
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Ireland, Politics & government, British & Irish history, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, c 1960 to c 1969