Since the first edition there have been fundamental changes in the Irish growth model. The sudden collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 raises questions such as: why the sudden and deep decline in economic growth? What are the prospects for a return to growth? Answering these questions and more, this book is the definitive work on the Celtic Tiger.

List of Tables Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction: The Collapse of the Irish Model PART I: THE CELTIC TIGER AND ITS AFTERMATH Before the Tiger Assessing the Boom Best of Times? PART II: DIFFERENT READING OF THE CELTIC TIGER Dominant Reading Critical Explanations Elaborating Theory PART III: IRELAND'S POLITICAL ECONOMY State: Developmental or Competition? Market: Neo-liberalism Irish-style Society: Vulnerability and Control PART IV: HAS THE IRISH MODEL A FUTURE? Options Appendix Bibliography Index

PEADAR KIRBY is Professor of International Politics and Public Policy, and director of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge in Society, at the University of Limerick. He is author of The Celtic Tiger in Distress, Introduction to Latin America and Vulnerability and Violence.