Chasing Progress in the Irish Republic - Ideology, Democracy and Dependent Development

This book investigates the political causes and consequences of the economic policy choices made in Ireland, and addresses many key debates in political economy and development studies.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Reflex modernization: state, ideology and dependent development; 2. Perils of planning: foreign capital, domestic policy, and the problem of state 'strength'; 3. The pale replica; 4. The rising tide; 5. Pushbuttons and pragmatists; 6. Governability and corporatist compromise; 7. Getting it right: debt, taxes, and industrial strategy; Afterword: 1991-3.

Summary

This book, first published in 1994, investigates the political causes and consequences of economic policy in Ireland, and addresses many key debates in political economy and development studies.

Product details

• Authors: John Kurt Jacobsen, Kurt Jacobsen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2011
• EAN: 9780521466202
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46620-2
• No. of pages: 242
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics