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Jolly Red Giant
13th August 2011, 14:56
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Marxist Perspectives on Irish Society
Editors: Micheal O’Flynn, Odette Clarke, Paul M. Hayes and Martin J. Power
Published by: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Date Of Publication: Sep 2011
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3164-2
Isbn: 1-4438-3164-6

The publication follows on from a two-day Conference held in the University of Limerick last October with the same title as the book. There will be an official launch of the book in Limerick and Dublin in early September.

Contents of Publication:

Bridging Marxism: Academia and the Irish Left ......................................... 1
Micheal O’Flynn, Odette Clarke, Paul M. Hayes and Martin J. Power

Socialist Revolution in Ireland—A Lost Opportunity 1916-1922............... 7
Dominic Haugh

Class Conflict in South Leitrim........................................... ...................... 21
Stephen Ryan

Socialist Literature in Britain: The Traces of the Irish
Working-Class............................................. .............................................. 33
Micheal O’hAodha

The Hunger Strikes—A Defeat for Republicanism, a Defeat
for the Working Class............................................. ................................... 47
John McAnulty

The Coming Revolution in Ireland .................................................. .......... 61
D.R. O’Connor Lysaght

Does Ownership of the Means of Production Matter?
An Empirical Test of the Outcomes for Capital and Labour
in the Irish Manufacturing Sector .................................................. ............ 71
Thomas Turner

Ireland’s Ruling Class: Capital, Enlightened Technocrats
and Ventriloquist Dummies........................................... ............................ 91
Micheal O’Flynn

How does the Social Model of Disability Challenge the Notion
of Charity? .................................................. ............................................. 115
Kieran McNulty

Ireland’s State Enterprises—A Marxist Response to the Emergent
Neo-Keynesian and Pro-state Capitalist Perspectives ............................. 135
Clare Daly

Resisting the Class War from Above............................................. .......... 147
Dave Hill

After Shock: The Aftermath of the Irish Economic Crash ...................... 171
Kieran Allen

A Hidden Ireland: Reflections on the Intellectual Life of the Irish Left.. 191
Helena Sheehan

Contributors...................................... .................................................. ..... 199

There is a sample pdf of the contents and first part of the book available here -
http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/978-1-4438-3164-2-sample.pdf