With clarity and depth, Gerard McCann explores the complex developments that have shaped Ireland s economic development, north and south, and led to recurring crises and instability.
The Irish economy has been traditionally portrayed as a product of its political divisions and the colonial legacy, divided and analysed in terms of the hegemonic tensions that exist on the island. Influenced by these divisions, academics have tended to look at a two-region approach to economic development, without adequately acknowledging the interactive nature of the island economy as a source of the crises...

In recent years, the international development sector has found itself confronting new and persistent challenges to poverty eradication and the promotion of human rights. "From The Local to the Global" highlights the extent to which the local and global are interconnected in today s world economy and questions the legitimacy of the neo-liberal model of development that they argue has propelled us into the crisis.
This completely revised third edition takes stock of the international development environment as it embarks on new policy frameworks to confront new challenges, ensuring that...