Development of Industrial Society in Ireland The Third Joint Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy, Oxford, 1990

In these papers, sociologists, economists, and political scientists analyze various aspects of the industrial society that has developed in Ireland with particular speed since the 1960s. They discuss the typicality or "exceptionalism" of the Irish experience, critically examining its relevance for current theories of "modernization" and industrialism.Goldthorpe, John H. is the author of 'Development of Industrial Society in Ireland The Third Joint Meeting of the Royal Irish Academy and the British Academy, Oxford, 1990' with ISBN 9780197261415 and ISBN 0197261418.