Societies in Transition: Ireland, Germany and Irish-German Relations in Business and Society since 1989

Prof. Dr. Niamh O&#039;Mahony; Dr. Claire O&#039;Reilly

doi:10.5771/9783845217666

Summary

Ziel dieses Bandes ist es, den Wandel in Deutschland und Irland sowie in den deutsch-irischen Beziehungen im Verlauf der letzten zwanzig Jahre zu erfassen. 1989 wurde die Bundesrepublik Deutschland vierzig Jahre alt. Im gleichen Jahr fiel die Berliner Mauer und damit auch der "Eiserne Vorhang". Das Jahr 1989 erlebte Irland als eine Zeit großer Arbeitslosigkeit und schlechter wirtschaftlicher Leistung. Innerhalb weniger Jahren kam es jedoch zu einer Veränderung, die beispiellosen Wandel wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Art mit sich brachte. Symbolisch betrachtet fielen also auch in Irland einige Mauern und machten somit den Weg frei für einen besseren Lebensstandard für viele, für ein neues Selbstvertrauen und eine größere Offenheit und Toleranz gegenüber dem "Anderen" in einer Gesellschaft, die bis dahin überwiegend monokulturell geprägt war.

Dieses Buch erfasst, analysiert, diskutiert und "feiert" im Wesentlichen die Transition und den Wandel in Irland, in Deutschland und in den deutsch-irischen Beziehungen innerhalb des sehr bedeutsamen Zeitabschnitts der letzten zwanzig Jahre.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2009
Copyright Year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4756-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1766-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 216
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
Introduction No access Pages 17 - 22
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    1. Pre-1815 No access
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    2. 1815–1922 No access
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    3. 1922–1989 No access
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    1. Has there been a Transformation in Economic Performance since 1994? No access
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    2. Employment Growth No access
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    3. Population Growth and Immigration No access
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    4. Growth in GNI/P or Living Standards No access
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    5. The Irish Economic Transformation: Remarkable and/or Desirable? No access
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    6. Just Catching Up No access
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    7. Well-Being No access
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    1. Suggested Catalysts for Change No access
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    2. Accommodating Factors No access
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  5. Concluding Comments No access
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  1. The Historical Context of Change No access
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  2. Transition to Prosperity No access
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    1. From Emigration Black-Spot to Host Nation No access
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    2. Change in Gendered Labour Force Participation No access
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    3. Religious Diversification No access
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    4. Changes in Family Formation No access
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    1. Language No access
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    2. Lifestyle No access
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    3. Religious Practice No access
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      1. Prejudice and Tolerance No access
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      2. Family and Sexuality No access
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      3. Attitudes to Institutions No access
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    1. Poverty and Inequality Levels No access
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    2. Health No access
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    3. Education No access
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    1. Attitudes to Work No access
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    2. Consumerism No access
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    3. Family No access
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  2. Identity: “A Settled Semantic Career?” No access
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    1. Faith Practices No access
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    2. Irish Language No access
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  4. The Things about which One would Rather not Speak, or: The Other Side of Changing Identity No access
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  5. Reflections on the Other and the Challenge of Addressing Identity No access
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  6. Other ‘Shapers’ of Irish Identity during the last Twenty Years No access
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  7. Conclusion No access
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  1. Falling down the Income Ladder No access
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    1. Winners and Losers of the Upturn No access
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    1. A “Little Economic Miracle” in West Germany No access
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    2. Economic Collapse in East Germany No access
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      1. Increasing Adjustment Burdens in East Germany No access
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      2. Reunification Boom in West Germany and an ailing World Economy No access
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      3. A sudden End to the Reunification Boom in West Germany No access
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    2. Restructuring and the New Economy Boom (1997 to 2000) No access
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    3. The Long Stagnation (2001 to 2004) No access
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  5. Conclusion: Future Challenges No access
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    1. West Germany: From “Subject Culture” to “Civic Culture” No access
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    2. East Germany: “The Ideal World of Dictatorship?” No access
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    1. Differences in East and West German Attitudes and Value Systems No access
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    2. Population Development and the Emergence of New Marginalised Groups No access
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    1. The Attitudes and Value Systems in Longitudinal Comparison No access
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    2. “Inner Unity?” No access
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    1. Excluded People and those “Left Behind” No access
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    2. Empirical Validation of the Exclusion Thesis No access
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    3. Exclusion due to Deficient Representation? No access
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  1. Introduction – Mentalities, Politics and Consumerism No access
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  2. Regionalisation: Identity and Sense of Place, the Concept of a “Europe of Regions” No access
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  3. Consumer Culture and the Region: Lifestyle Shopping and Regional Identification Processes No access
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    1. Exports and Imports No access
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      1. German Companies in Ireland No access
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      2. Irish Companies in Germany No access
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    3. Discontinuity in the Irish-German Trade Relationship since 1989 No access
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    1. The Trap of Similarity No access
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    2. Empirical Studies prior to 1990 No access
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      1. Monochronic, Low-Context Culture Germany vs. Polychronic, High-Context Culture Ireland No access
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      2. Approach to Quality and Attention to Detail No access
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  4. Conclusion: Discontinuity and Continuity No access
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    1. From Heinrich Böll to the Lisbon Referendum – Differences of Opinion and/or Misunderstandings? No access
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    2. The Irish-German Relationship within the EU: Treaties and Referenda No access
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  2. Literary Developments in German-Irish Relations: An Overview No access
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  3. German-Irish Diplomatic Relations: Acts of Diplomacy? No access
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  4. Conclusion: German-Irish Relations Past and Present No access
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Index No access Pages 205 - 216