Browsing Economic and Social Review by Subject "Economic development"
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Fabricating 'Economic development'
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)Much of the literature, regardless of academic discipline, presents the publication of Economic Development in 1958 as analogous to a ?big bang? event in the creation of modern Ireland. However, such a ?big bang? perspective ... -
From developmental Ireland to migration nation: immigration and shifting rules of belonging in the Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)This paper considers how post-1950s Irish developmentalism fostered the economic, social and political acceptance of large-scale immigration following EU enlargement in 2004. It argues that economic imperatives alone ... -
Hirschman and Irish industrial policy
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)In this article we examine the origins of Whitaker?s export oriented industrial policy and the political management of its implementation. Whitaker appointed academic economic advisors, including Louden Ryan, to a Capital ... -
Mr Whitaker and industry: setting the record straight ? a reply to Barry and Daly
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2011)The turnaround in economic policy from the late 1950s was remarkable. Protectionism was abandoned and exporting incentivised. As Barry and Daly (2011) admit, 'Conventional wisdom accords the bulk of the credit for ... -
Mr. Whitaker and industry: setting the record straight
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2011)After 16 years of unbroken Fianna Fail rule, the first four of the five general elections of the period 1948-1963 saw sitting governments unseated. Economic policy pivoted: protectionism was abandoned; foreign direct ... -
Organising for growth: Irish state administration 1958-2008
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)This paper analyses some key features of Irish public administration as it has developed since the foundation of the state, paying particular attention to the period from the late 1950s onward. During these decades, ... -
Politics and fiscal policy under Lemass: a theoretical appraisal
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)Lemass rejected Whitaker?s recommendations that direct taxes be reduced and public investment shifted from social to productive areas. This was arguably done for political reasons and because Lemass believed that it might ... -
Reappraising Irish developmentalism: Editorial
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)On 12 March 2009 the Institute for British-Irish Studies in the School of Politics and International Relations hosted a conference to mark the contribution of Professor Tom Garvin to Social Science, University College ... -
What you see is what you get? - Review article: Encounters with modern Ireland: a sociological chronicle, 1995-96 / Michel Peillon and Eamonn Slater (eds.). Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1998.
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)Time was when Sociology took a pride in the difficulty of its subject, ?society?, and book covers presented themselves accordingly. The cover of Breen et al. (1990) promises to focus ?on the relationship between the policies ...