Rule breakers : why 'being there' trumps 'being fair' in Ireland / Niamh Hourigan
Language: English
Published by Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2015
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Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vii, 232 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Contents; Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction: Ireland's Crisis and Social Bonds; Rules and relationships; Studying social bonds in Ireland; Conclusion; Chapter 1: A History of Rules and Relationships in Ireland; Colonialism, rules and trauma; Relationships and intimacy groups in nineteenth-century Ireland; Rules in nineteenth-century Ireland; Catholicism; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Change and the Ties that Bind; Intimacy and the rules 1922-1960; Transition and new rules; Family, community and 'being good'; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Rules, Relationships and Belonging; Being an 'Irish' citizen. Nation and being goodBelonging to 'our own'; Migrants and 'our own'; Struggles with 'our own'; Conclusion; Chapter 4: The Parallel Worlds of Rules and Relationships in Ireland; Knowing, trusting, communicating; Belonging and conflict; Being fair and being there; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Everyday Irish Politics; The importance of 'doing turns'; Knowing, trusting, communicating; Belonging and conflict; Being there and being fair; Case Study: Michael Lowry; A dual morality; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Rules, Relationships and Elites; Case Study: Sean Quinn; Elites and economic change. Elites and Irish politicsVoters, elites and political intimacy; Knowing, trusting, communicating; Case Study: Export Credit Insurance; Rewriting rules; Case Study: Golf; Belonging and conflict; Being there and being fair; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Rules and Two-Tier Austerity; Austerity and fairness; Austerity and debt; Austerity and justice; Welfare, tax and penalty points; Conclusion; Conclusion: Past and Present; Re-enactment; Strengthening the rules?; References; Acknowledgments; Copyright; About the Author; About Gill & Macmillan. Subjects; Irish. National characteristics. Fairness. Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations. Social Science / Minority Studies. Politics and government. Social conditions. Ireland -- History. Ireland -- Politics and government. Ireland Social conditions 21st century. Ireland Politics and government 21st century. Genre; Bibliography. 1 Kg. …
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- Title
- Rule breakers : why 'being there' trumps 'being fair' in Ireland / Niamh Hourigan
- Author
- Hourigan, Niamh (1973-)
- Publisher
- Dublin : Gill & Macmillan
- Publication year
- 2015
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0717166201
- ISBN 13
- 9780717166206
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
We have built a nation on a value system that equates being good with being there for each other , although simply keeping the rules is not considered an equivalent form of goodness. As a society we favour minding our own over doing what we re told .
So far, so Irish.
But, apply this conflict to the economic crash, to Irish Water, or to political cronyism, and we learn how the role of insider intimacy amongst elites, and our weak rules in regulating this intimacy, gets us into trouble. And despite their criticisms of bankers and political elites, the Irish middle classes themselves use favours generated within relationships to get around the rules they encounter.
Niamh Hourigan s ground-breaking survey paints a picture of the Irish national character, from its colonial history to its current-day dramas. The Ireland that emerges is a country where outcomes are often decided by who rather than what you know, and where for good or for bad rules are sometimes made to be broken.
Lucid, engaging and persuasive ... every politician should read this and so should every voter
Colin Murphy, The Guarantee
Probing, perceptive and highly readable exploration of the Irish value system
J. J. Lee, New York University
Compulsively readable
Kathy Sheridan, The Irish Times
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About the Author
A senior lecturer in Sociology at NUI Cork, one of Niamh Hourigan s areas of specialisation is the psychological impact of debt and austerity culture on the Irish middle class.
Niamh is a frequent commentator on national media on these subjects, she has written for The Irish Independent, The Irish Times and The Irish Examiner and contributed to The Right Hook , Tonight with Vincent Browne and Morning Ireland , among others.
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