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The Domestic, Moral and Political Economies of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: What Rough Beast

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Domestic, Moral and Political Economies of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: What Rough Beast

Contributors:

By (Author) Kieran Keohane
By (author) Carmen Kuhling

ISBN:

9780719084829

Publisher:

Manchester University Press

Imprint:

Manchester University Press

Publication Date:

1st April 2014

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Main Subject:
Dewey:

306.09417090512

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Description

This book provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model in terms of polarised social inequalities, impoverished public services and fiscal vulnerability as they appear in central social policy domains - health, housing and education in particular. Tracing the argument into the domains where the institutions are sustained and reproduced, this book examines the movement of modern economics away from its original concern with the household and anthropologically universal deep human needs to care for the vulnerable - the sick, children and the elderly - and to maintain inter-generational solidarity. The authors argue that the financialisation of social relations undermines the foundations of civilisation and opens up a marketised barbarism. Civic catastrophes of violent conflict and authoritarian liberalism are here illustrated as aspects of the 'rough beast' that slouches in when things are falling apart and people become prey to new forms of domination. -- .

Author Bio

Kieran Keohane is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College, Cork

Carmen Kuhling is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Limerick

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