Irish Economic Modernization Experience

Economic boom and social mobility: The Irish experience

In this paper we examine the consequences for social mobility patterns of the unprecedented period of economic growth experienced in Ireland over the 1990s and the implications of developments for current theories of social fluidity. Contrary to suggestions that the “Celtic Tiger” experience has been associated with a deepening problem of marginalization we found evidence for a substantial upgr...

The Irish Broadband Experience

AbSTrAcT In this chapter we consider from a marketing perspective the political, cultural/social, and economic factors, both micro and macro, affecting the supply/demand nexus of broadband services for the Irish consumer. We chart the development of broadband and its current situation of rollout and uptake, examine the reasons for its continuing poor performance, and offer recommendations on ho...

Brezhnev's Economic Choice: More Weapons and Control or Economic Modernization

At the December 1969 Plenum of the Soviet Communist Party (CPSU), Leonid Brezhnev made it a matter of record that improved economic performance was a first order agenda item for the Party. From that date to the once postponed 24th Party Congress in March 1971 a Soviet style policy debate appeared to rage on the contents of the Ninth Five-Year Plan for the period 197 1-75 inclusive. The discussi...

Renal denervation: the Irish experience.

Renal denervation: the Irish experience.

I have read with great interest a paper authored by Dr. Kyvelou and colleagues published in this journal.1 This paper reported the Irish experience in renal denervation. In 24 patients with resistant hypertension who had completed 6-month follow-up after renal denervation, office systolic blood pressure was decreased by 6 mmHg (from 165 mmHg at baseline to 159 mmHg at 6 months, p=0.03), and 24-...