A number of commentators have argued that Ireland has either a 'contented majority' or has become a 'middle class nation'. They assume that the majority of society have benefited from the Celtic Tiger boom and so 'old' concerns about the distribution of resources have disappeared. It is further suggested that this culture of contentment led to the return of Fianna Fail to government for their third successive period in May 2007. This article challenges this approach by engaging with a popular new book by David Me Williams, The Pope's Children. It suggests that McWilliams relies on a theoretical confusion about the term middle class and an uncritical use of official statistics. Far from the class structure disappearing, it is suggested that ...
From being the "Celtic Tiger" poster child of neo-liberalism, Ireland has moved first into recessio...
High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist and Roman Catholic in inspiration and pr...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
A number of commentators have argued that Ireland has either a 'contented majority' or has become a ...
Ireland is increasingly conforming to the Western model of social change. Because of tis newfound we...
Ireland is increasingly conforming to the Western model of social change. Because of tis newfound we...
This book, which was launched at a conference to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of th...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
non-peer-reviewedIn this paper we outline the features of an emergent resistance in Ireland. We exa...
These are scarcely auspicious times for the left. An unfortunate confluence of recent social and pol...
While inequalities outside of education impact on those within, the internal life of education neutr...
Résumé : Les changements économiques ont des conséquences multiples, menant notamment à des ajusteme...
In this study, in the context of increasing inequality across the developed economies and beyond, I ...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist and Roman Catholic in inspiration and pr...
From being the "Celtic Tiger" poster child of neo-liberalism, Ireland has moved first into recessio...
High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist and Roman Catholic in inspiration and pr...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
A number of commentators have argued that Ireland has either a 'contented majority' or has become a ...
Ireland is increasingly conforming to the Western model of social change. Because of tis newfound we...
Ireland is increasingly conforming to the Western model of social change. Because of tis newfound we...
This book, which was launched at a conference to mark the fortieth anniversary of the founding of th...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
non-peer-reviewedIn this paper we outline the features of an emergent resistance in Ireland. We exa...
These are scarcely auspicious times for the left. An unfortunate confluence of recent social and pol...
While inequalities outside of education impact on those within, the internal life of education neutr...
Résumé : Les changements économiques ont des conséquences multiples, menant notamment à des ajusteme...
In this study, in the context of increasing inequality across the developed economies and beyond, I ...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...
High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist and Roman Catholic in inspiration and pr...
From being the "Celtic Tiger" poster child of neo-liberalism, Ireland has moved first into recessio...
High emigration and a familial, rural culture, isolationist and Roman Catholic in inspiration and pr...
The economy of the Republic of Ireland has experienced continuously high growth rates in the 1990’s,...