Irish business and society : governing, participating and transforming in the 21st century [printed text] / John Hogan ; Paul Donnelly ; Brendan K. O'Rourke ; William Kingston ; Frank Barry . - Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2010 . - xl, 623 p. : charts ; 24 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-7171-4990-2

Class number:	330.94170824
Abstract:	A contemporary exploration of the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationships between business and society in 21st century Ireland that provides the context in which to question and inform our perspectives on both. Diverse and thought-provoking contributions from leading business researchers, economists, sociologists and political scientists from Ireland and abroad, are presented within five central themes: The Making and Unmaking of the Celtic Tiger, Governance, Regulation & Justice, Partnership & Participation, The Nature of Irish Borders in Ireland, Europe and the Wider World,Interests & Concerns in Contemporary Ireland.
Contents note:	List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Reflections on Issues in Irish Business and Society Section I The Making and Unmaking of the Celtic Tiger 1. Labour and Employment in Ireland in the Era of the Celtic Tiger; 2. Politics and Economic Policy Making in Ireland; 3. Forming Ireland's Industrial Development Authority; 4. Enterprise Discourse: Its Origins and its Influence in Ireland; 5. The Politics of Irish Social Security Policy 1986-2006; 6. Need the Irish Economic Experiemnt Fail? Section II: Governance, Regulation and Justice 7. A Review of Corporate Governance Research: An Irish Perspective; 8. Corporate Social Responsibility in Ireland: Current Practice and Directions for Future Research; 9. White-Collar Crime: The Business of Crime; 10. Political Corruption in Ireland: A Downward Spiral; 11. Lobbying Regulation: An Irish Solution to a Universal Problem?; 12. A Social Justice Perspective on the Celtic Tiger Section III Partnership and Participation 13. Economic Crises and the Changing Influence of the Irish Trade Unions on Public Policy; 14. Partnership at Enterprise Level in Ireland; 15. From Ballymun to Brussels: Forms of Partnership Governance in Irish Social Inclusion Policy; 16. People in Control: The Promise of the Co-operative Business Approach; 17. Emotional Intelligence Components and Conflict Resolution; 18. Regulatory Framework: Irish Employment Law Section IV Whither Irish Borders? Ireland, Europe and the Wider World 19. Ireland and the European Union: Mapping Domestic Modes of Adaptation and the Contestation; 20. Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: A Changed Relationship; 21. Cultural Tourism DEvelopment in Irish Villages and Towns: The Role of Authenticity, Social, Cultural and Tourist Capital; 22. Twenty-first Century International Careers: From Economic to Lifestyle Migration; 23. Achieving Growth in a Regional Economy: Lessons from Irish Economic History; 24. The Europeanisation of Irish Public Policy: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives Section V Interests and Concerns in Contemporary Ireland 25. Access and Expectation: Interst Groups in Ireland; 26. Civil Society in Ireland: Antecedents, Identity and Challenges; 27. The Practice of Politics: Feminism, Activism and Social Change; 28. Alcohol Advertising in Ireland: The Challenge of Responsibility and Regulation; 29. Children's Interaction with Television Advertising; 30. Do Modern Business Communications Mean a Surveillance Society?; 31. Spirituality, Work and Irish Society; Index.