Enough is Enough
How to Build a New Republic
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2011
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Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-27009-5 (ISBN)
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-27009-5 (ISBN)
The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. That brief burst of good fortune was destroyed by a corrupt political class which encouraged a wild property boom, leaving the country almost bankrupt.
What Ireland needs now is a programme of real change. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Politicians have been let get away with murder, and there is a fatalistic sense that nothing can change. The country needs to encourage participation in, and oversight and knowledge of politics, to make people feel that they have a right to challenge the old party machines and to make a difference. It is their country, after all.
What Ireland needs now is a programme of real change. It needs to become a fully modern republic in fact as well as name. Politicians have been let get away with murder, and there is a fatalistic sense that nothing can change. The country needs to encourage participation in, and oversight and knowledge of politics, to make people feel that they have a right to challenge the old party machines and to make a difference. It is their country, after all.
Fintan O'Toole is Ireland's most respected and controversial political and cultural commentators, and an acclaimed biographer and critic. His books include White Savage, A Traitor's Kiss, Meanwhile Back at the Ranch and Ship of Fools, which Terry Eagleton called 'a brilliant polemic'. He lives in Dublin and is a columnist for The Irish Times.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.7.2011 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 220 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-571-27009-3 / 0571270093 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-27009-5 / 9780571270095 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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