Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures and tables ix
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Notes on contributors xi
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. 2 Irishness and nationalisms 10
9. 3 Where is Ireland in the worlds of capitalism? 22
10. 4 Just another bubble economy? 34
11. 5 A Catholic vision of Ireland 44
12. 6 The Irish political elite 54
13. 7 The Irish family – different or not? 65
14. 8 Single women in story and society 76
15. 9 The Irish body 88
16. 10 Sexual abuse and the Catholic Church 99
17. 11 The difference between Irish and American Catholicism 110
18. 12 Postcolonial legacies and the Irish psyche 121
19. 13 Thinking about Ireland and the Irish diaspora 133
20. 14 Being Irish and male in Britain 144
21. 15 The new Irish and the Irish nation 155
22. 16 Conflict and reconciliation in Northern Ireland 166
23. 17 Irish language, Irish nation 177
24. 18 The difference of Irish music 188
25. 19 The GAA and the sporting Irish 199
26. 20 Feeling at home in contemporary Ireland 211
27. 21 Searching for and explaining difference 222
28. 22 A new vision of Irish studies 230
29. 23 Irish studies between the past and the future 241
30. Index 251