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This book re-visits and re-thinks some recent defining events in Irish society. Some of these are high profile and occupy a prominent place in public consciousness, such as the announcement of the banking guarantee and the publication of the Ryan report into clerical child abuse, while others are 'fringe' events which attracted less attention, such as the launch of Indymedia.ie, or were widely discussed in popular culture, like the publication of Donal {acute}Og Cusack's autobiography or the opening of Dundrum Town Centre. The book critically explores issues of equality, belonging and rights as they impact on diverse communities in Ireland, be they older people, migrants or LGBT people. As focal points for each chapter, all of the events covered in the book provide rich insights into the dynamics of Irish society in the twenty-first century. All expose underlying and complex issues of identity, power and resistance that animate public debate. In so doing, the book ultimately encourages readers to question the sources of, limits and obstacles to change in contemporary Ireland. This book brings together in a single volume the experience, research and analysis of critical commentators from a diverse range of disciplines across the social sciences, and provides an important contribution to discourse about social, economic and cultural issues in today's Ireland. This makes for an original, timely and genuinely inter-disciplinary text.

Ireland --- Irish Free State --- History --- Irish identity. --- Irish society. --- capital accumulation. --- citizenship. --- cultural values. --- early twenty-first century. --- economic values. --- marriage. --- political change. --- resistance. --- same-sex couple. --- social actors. --- social movements. --- social structure. --- structural power.

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Drawing on international examples, this book interrogates the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Contributors from six continents, reimagine community development as they consider how aesthetic arts contribute to processes of peacebuilding, youth empowerment, participatory planning and environmental regeneration.

Community arts projects --- Artists and community --- Community development --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Art projects, Community --- Arts projects, Community --- Community art projects --- Community-based arts projects --- Neighborhood arts projects --- Neighborhood-based arts projects --- Projects, Community arts --- Arts --- Community and artists --- Communities --- Citizen participation --- Government policy

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Presenting unique and critical reflections on international policy and practice, this book addresses the global dominance of neoliberalism. It examines the extent to which community development practitioners, activists and programmes can challenge, critique, engage with or resist its influence.

Community development --- #SBIB:35H501 --- #SBIB:316.8H51 --- #SBIB:324H60 --- #SBIB:321H30 --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Political aspects --- Bestuur en samenleving: netwerken, inspraak, participatie, interactief beleid --- Sociaal beleid: inspraak en participatie --- Politieke socialisatie --- Hedendaagse politieke en sociale theorieën (vanaf de 19de eeuw): algemeen (incl. utilitarisme, burgerschap) --- Citizen participation --- Government policy --- Community development. --- Power (Social sciences) --- Political aspects. --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences)

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This book is a critique of the public sphere, both as the centrepiece of some liberal theory about political communications, and as a description of actually existing media practice in Ireland and beyond - in traditional commercial news media and in social media.

Mass media --- Journalism --- Writing (Authorship) --- Literature --- Publicity --- Fake news --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- Political aspects --- Social aspects