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Quality of Life in Ireland

Social Impact of Economic Boom

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Editors:
  1. Tony Fahey

    1. University College, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Helen Russell

    1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

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  3. Christopher T. Whelan

    1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Presents and assesses the latest findings on the social impact of economic changes in Ireland since the early 1990's
  • Shows that the Celtic Tiger has brought important social gains and economic growth
  • Ireland: now living in “Best of Times”, or has increased prosperity come at (too) high cost?

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 32)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Quality of Life After the Boom

    • Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan
    Pages 1-10

  3. How Do We Feel? Economic Boom and Happiness

    • Tony Fahey
    Pages 11-26

  4. Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Setting the Context

    • Brain Nolan, Bertrand Maître
    Pages 27-41

  5. Employment and the Quality of Work

    • Philip J. O’Connell, Helen Russell
    Pages 43-66

  6. Opportunities for All in the New Ireland?

    • Christopher T. Whelan, Richard Layte
    Pages 67-85

  7. Consistent Poverty and Economic Vulnerability

    • Christopher T. Whelan, Brain Nolan, Bertrand Maître
    Pages 87-103

  8. Health and Health Care

    • Richard Layte, Anne Nolan, Brian Nolan
    Pages 105-122

  9. The Housing Boom

    • Tony Fahey, David Duffy
    Pages 123-138

  10. Changing Times, Changing Schools? Quality of Life for Students

    • Emer Smyth, Selina McCoy, Merike Darmody, Allison Dunne
    Pages 139-154

  11. Family and Sexuality

    • Tony Fahey, Richard Layte
    Pages 155-174

  12. Ties that Bind? The Social Fabric of Daily Life in New Suburbs

    • Mary P. Corcoran, Jane Gray, Michel Peillon
    Pages 175-197

  13. Gender, Work–Life Balance and Quality of Life

    • Frances McGinnity, Helen Russell, Emer Smyth
    Pages 199-215

  14. The Impact of Immigration

    • Gerard Hughes, Frances McGinnity, Philip O’Connell, Emma Quinn
    Pages 217-244

  15. Crime and its Consequences

    • Ian O’Donnell
    Pages 245-264

  16. Soaring in the Best of Times?

    • Robert Erikson
    Pages 265-276

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 277-314
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About this book

Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute Irish and international scholars continue to be curious about Ireland’s exceptional economic success since the early 1990s. While growth rates peaked at the turn of the millennium, they have since continued at levels that are high by any current international or historical Irish measures. Despite differences of view among Irish economists and policymakers on the relative importance of the factors that have driven growth, there is widespread agreement that the process of globalisation has contributed to Ireland’s economic development. In this context, it is helpful to recognise that globalisation has created huge changes in most developed and developing countries and has been associated, inter alia, with reductions in global income disparity but increased income disparity within individual countries. This book reflects on how, from a social perspective, Ireland has prospered over the past decade. In that period we have effectively moved from being a semi-developed to being a developed economy. While the book’s main focus is on the social changes induced by economic growth, there is also recognition that social change has facilitated economic growth. Although many would regard the past decade as a period when economic and social elements have combined in a virtuous cycle, there is a lingering question as to the extent to which we have better lives now that we are economically ‘better off’.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College, Dublin, Ireland

    Tony Fahey

  • Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland

    Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Quality of Life in Ireland

  • Book Subtitle: Social Impact of Economic Boom

  • Editors: Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan

  • Series Title: Social Indicators Research Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6981-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6980-2Published: 26 August 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7782-0Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6981-9Published: 11 June 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1387-6570

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0099

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 316

  • Additional Information: Originally published with the title: Best of Times? The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger by Institute of Public Adminstration (IPA), Dublin, Ireland, 2007

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general, Quality of Life Research

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