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Ireland of the illusions : a sociological chronicle 2007-2008 / edited by Perry Share and Mary P. Corcoran

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Irish sociological chronicles ; v. 7 (2007-08)Publication details: [Dublin] : IPA, [2010]Description: x, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781904541882
ISSN:
  • 13937464
Subject(s): Summary: Chronicling events from 2007 and 2008, the book explores many of the core values that define contemporary Ireland. Provocative essays scrutinise the greed of the housing boom, the voyeurism of the mass media, the drift towards a surveillance society, the clash between nature and society and the denial of the class and gender dimensions of social inequality. Together they present a trenchant and insightful snapshot of a society moving from enchantment to disillusion
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Chronicling events from 2007 and 2008, the book explores many of the core values that define contemporary Ireland. Provocative essays scrutinise the greed of the housing boom, the voyeurism of the mass media, the drift towards a surveillance society, the clash between nature and society and the denial of the class and gender dimensions of social inequality. Together they present a trenchant and insightful snapshot of a society moving from enchantment to disillusion

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