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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Ireland appears to be in the process of a remarkable social change, a process which has dramatically reversed a hitherto seemingly unstoppable economic decline. This exciting new book systematically scrutinises the interpretations and prescriptions that inform the 'Celtic Tiger'. Takes the standpoint that a more critical approach to the course of development being followed by the Republic is urgently required. Sets out to expose the fallacies that drive the fashionable rhetoric of Tigerhood. An esteemed list of contributors deal with issues such as immigration, the role of women, globalisation, and changing economic and social conditions.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. --- 1996 Refugee Act. --- Celtic Tiger. --- Gaeltacht. --- Immigration Bill of 1999. --- Irish culture. --- Irish history. --- Irish immigration policy. --- Irish modernity. --- Irish people. --- class polarisation. --- cosmopolitan society. --- democratic autonomy. --- macroeconomic environment. --- multicultural society. --- nation state. --- national identity. --- public expenditure. --- racist stereotypes. --- social solidarity. --- utopianism.

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This book examines the role of attitude, motivation and identity in the process of learning a minority language. It presents mixed-method empirical research which investigates how attitude, motivation and identity in adult learners of a minority language are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties of the language as learning targets. Specifically, it is concerned with the attitudes of adult learners of Irish towards acquiring various traditional (Gaeltacht) and non-traditional (second language) varieties of the language. It explores the relationships that exist between these attitudes towards varieties and learners’ motivation and self-concept as second language speakers.

Irish language --- Second language acquisition --- Adult students --- Linguistic minorities --- Adult students. --- Second language acquisition Study and teaching --- Study and teaching --- Adult learners --- Students --- Minority languages --- Minoritized languages --- Language and languages --- Minorities --- Sociolinguistics --- Study and teaching. --- Political aspects --- Ireland. --- Airlann --- Airurando --- Éire --- Irish Republic --- Irland --- Irlanda --- Irlande --- Irlanti --- Írország --- Poblacht na hÉireann --- Republic of Ireland --- Irish. --- adult language learning. --- adult learners. --- gaeltacht. --- minority language. --- non-traditional varieties. --- target language varieties.