The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland

Introduction


The Context of Economic Development


Problems of Industrialisation in Ireland


The Demographic Transition in Ireland in International Context


The Significance of Small-Scale Landholders in Ireland's Socio-economic Transformation


Industrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in Ireland


Explaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the Political


Change in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of Ireland


Income Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative Perspective


The Irish Welfare State in Comparative Perspective


Catholicism and Industrial Society in Ireland


Social and Religious Transformation in Ireland: A Case of Secularization?


The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in Ireland


The State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative Perspective


Are Irish Parties Peculiar?


Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in Ireland


The Theory of Industrialism and the Irish Case


Bibliography


Index