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An Economic History of Ireland Since Independence (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics) - Softcover

Book 158 of 232: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Bielenberg, Andy

 
9781138686397: An Economic History of Ireland Since Independence (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138686395 ISBN 13: 9781138686397
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This book provides a cogent summary of the economic history of the Irish Free State/Republic of Ireland. It takes the Irish story from the 1920s right through to the present, providing an excellent case study of one of many European states which obtained independence during and after the First World War. The book covers the transition to protectionism and import substitution between the 1930s and the 1950s and the second major transition to trade liberalisation from the 1960s. In a wider European context, the Irish experience since EEC entry in 1973 was the most extreme European example of the achievement of industrialisation through foreign direct investment. The eager adoption of successive governments in recent decades of a neo-liberal economic model, more particularly de-regulation in banking and construction, has recently led the Republic of Ireland to the most extreme economic crash of any western society since the Great Depression.

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About the Author

Andy Bielenberg is the Statutory Lecturer in Economic History at University College Cork.

Raymond Ryan is a Post-Doctorate research fellow in Modern Irish History at University College Cork

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138686395
ISBN 13 
9781138686397
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304