TY - BOOK AU - Kuhling,Carmen AU - Keohane,Kieran ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Cosmopolitan Ireland: globalisation and quality of life AV - HC260.5 .K84 2007eb U1 - 303.48/2417 22 PY - 2007/// CY - London, Dublin, Ann Arbor, Mich. PB - Pluto Press KW - Globalization KW - Ireland KW - Economic conditions KW - 1949- KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - 1973- KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. Globalisation and social inequality in Ireland. Economics: social inequality and the Celtic tiger -- Politics: continuity and change in Irish political culture -- pt. 2. The diversification and commodification of Irish identity. Culture: race and multiculturalism in Ireland -- Consumption: Guinness, Ballygowan and Riverdance: the globalisation of Irish identity -- pt. 3. Globalisation and quality of life in Ireland. Depression: The melancholy spirit of the Celtic tiger -- Binge drinking and overeating: globalisation and insatiability -- pt. 4. Beyond 'consumer citizenship' and neoliberalism: cosmopolitanising Ireland. Social welfare and redistribution: taxation and civic health -- Education and recognition: the cultivation of a cosmopolitan imaginary -- Conclusion: a cosmopolitan ethics for a postnational society; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10479882 ER -