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The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland

Volume published 1992

Introduction
John H Goldthorpe & Christopher T Whelan, pages 1-3

The Context of Economic Development
Kieran A Kennedy, pages 5-29

Problems of Industrialisation in Ireland
Eoin O’Malley, pages 31-52

The Demographic Transition in Ireland in International Context
D A Coleman, pages 53-77

The Significance of Small-scale Landholders in Ireland’s Socio-economic Transformation
Damian F Hannan & Patrick Commins, pages 79-104

Industrialisation, Class Formation and Social Mobility in Ireland
Christopher T Whelan, Richard Breen & Brendan J Whelan, pages 105-128

Explaining the Irish Pattern of Social Fluidity: The Role of the Political
Richard Breen & Christopher T Whelan, pages 129-151

Change in Intragenerational Mobility in the Republic of Ireland
Brendan Halpin, pages 153-172

Income Distribution and Redistribution: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Tim Callan & Brian Nolan, pages 173-203

The Irish Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
Philip J O’Connell & David B Rottman, pages 205-239

Catholicism and Industrial Society in Ireland
Tony Fahey, pages 241-263

Social and Religious Transformations in Ireland: A Case of Secularisation?
Michael P Hornsby-Smith, pages 265-290

The Liberal Theory of Industrialism and the Development of Industrial Relations in Ireland
William K Roche, pages 291-327

The State and Economic Interests: Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Niamh Hardiman, pages 329-358

Are Irish Parties Peculiar?
Michael Laver, pages 359-381

Explaining the Absence of Class Politics in Ireland
Peter Mair, pages 383-410

The Theory of Industrialism and the Irish Case
John H Goldthorpe, pages 411-431

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