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RIA Publications: Debating austerity in Ireland

Submitted on 17th September 2018

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The Royal Irish Academy Publications department has added an interesting new collection to the DRI. 'Debating austerity in Ireland: crisis, experience and recovery' is a collection of papers by leading national and international experts from across the social sciences, made available on open access to mark the tenth anniversary of the 2008 Irish bank guarantee.

The Royal Irish Academy Publications department has added an interesting new collection to the DRI. Debating austerity in Ireland: crisis, experience and recovery is a collection of papers by leading national and international experts from across the social sciences, made available on open access to mark the tenth anniversary of the 2008 Irish bank guarantee.

The austerity that followed the recent economic and financial crisis has led to impassioned debates across the social sciences and the public at large. Although Ireland was not its only victim, the depth of the interacting economic, banking and budgetary crises has meant that the level of public interest has been especially intense. Among the hotly debated questions: what is austerity? Was it necessary? What have been its consequences? One of the defining features of the debate to date has been its tendency to polarise opinion and adopt a one-dimensional perspective. This book challenges us to adopt a more nuanced approach to understandings of austerity, and by extension the path to recovery. The book brings together leading national and international experts from across the social sciences to debate this traumatic period in Ireland’s economic and social development.

The collection can be accessed on the Repository here and print copies are also available to purchase on the Royal Irish Academy online bookshop.


DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).

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