Links:
[1] http://www.iesabroad.org/study-abroad/programs/dublin-summer-irish-general-studies
[2] http://www.irishtimes.com
[3] http://www.rte.ie
[4] http://www.economist.com
[5] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/
[6] http://esri.ie/irish_economy/
[7] http://www.cso.ie/statistics/
[8] http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm
[9] http://europa.eu/pol/singl/index_en.htm
[10] http://europa.eu/pol/emu/index_en.htm
[11] http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1021128.shtml
[12] http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/euro-in-crisis
[13] http://www.rte.ie/news/
[14] http://www.economist.com/
[15] http://www.eubusiness.com/
[16] http://www.ft.com/home/europe
[17] http://www.irisheconomy.ie/
[18] http://www.esri.ie/
[19] http://www.cso.ie/
[20] http://www.idaireland.com
[21] http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/
Ireland And The Eu
A study of the evolution of the Irish economy and the impact of Ireland’s membership of the European Union (EU). The course explores the economic and political background to Ireland’s decision to join the EU, the main institutions and policies of the EU, and Ireland’s experience of EU membership. The reasons for Ireland’s economic boom in the 1990s, the current economic crisis, and Ireland’s future economic prospects are analyzed in the context of wider EU developments and challenges.
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
Lectures, class discussions, documentaries, student presentations, and field visits.
Active class participation (including Irish and European news review): 20%; presentation: 20%; mid-term paper: 30%; and final exam: 30%.
Class 1: Course introduction and a political and economic profile of Ireland today
Class 2: Irish economic policy and performance from the 1920s to the 1980s and reasons for joining the EU
Class 3: The EU – a history of European Integration
Class 4: The EU – key institutions
Class 5: The EU – key policies: the Single Market and the Euro
Class 6: Ireland’s EU Experience and the Celtic Tiger years
Class 7: The Celtic Tiger years, continued
Class 8: Ireland’s economic crisis – The end of the domestic boom and the re-emergence of unemployment
Class 9: Ireland’s banking crisis and the Irish bank guarantee
Class 10: Ireland’s deficit crisis, the IMF/EU bailout and the ongoing Eurozone crisis
Class 11: Ireland’s economic challenges and future prospects
Class 12: FINAL EXAM
Kinsella, Stephen, Understanding Ireland’s Economic Crisis: Prospects for Recovery, Blackhall Publishing, 2010
Laffan, B., and O’Mahony, J., Ireland and the European Union, Palgrave MacMillan, 2008
O’Hagan, John and Newman, Carol, The Economy of Ireland, Gill and McMillan, 2011
O’Sullivan, Michael and Miller, Rory, What Did We Do Right? Global Perspectives on Ireland’s Miracle, Blackhall Publishing, 2010
Senior Nello, Susan, The European Union, McGraw-Hill, 2009
Sweeney, Paul, Ireland’s Economic Success, New Island, 2008
Couper, Matt, Who Really Runs Ireland? The Story of the Elite Who Led Ireland from Bust to Boom ... and Back Again, Penguin, 2009
McWilliams, David, Follow the Money, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 2009.
O'Grada, Cormac, The Irish Economy since Independence, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997.
O’Toole, Fintan, How Stupidity and Corruption Killed the Celtic Tiger, Faber and Faber, 2009
Ross, Shane, The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees, Penguin, 2009
http://www.irishtimes.com [2]
http://www.rte.ie/news/ [13]
http://www.economist.com/ [14]
http://www.eubusiness.com/ [15]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/europe/ [5]
http://www.ft.com/home/europe [16]
http://www.irisheconomy.ie/ [17]
http://www.esri.ie/ [18]
http://www.cso.ie/ [19]
http://www.idaireland.com [20]
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/ [21]