Rule breakers : why 'being there' trumps 'being fair' in Ireland / Niamh Hourigan
2015, First Edition. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #340296
ISBN: 9780717166206
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.
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