Culture and Capitalism in Contemporary Ireland.

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Acknowledgements CHAPTER 1: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction The background to the study A note on the longer-term historical background Conclusion. CHAPTER 2: IRISH ENTREPRENEURS DO FOR THEMSELVES Introduction The challenge of development: the general nature of the entrepreneurial response In factories, offices and places where they work Meanwhile, down on the farm Failures, fraud and frolics Conclusion. CHAPTER 3: IRISH ENTREPRENEURS DO MORE FOR THEMSELVES Introduction Property, politics and planning: money for nothing How to buy a building Sugar, not spice, but the money is nice Conclusion. CHAPTER 4: FOOD INDUSTRY FROLICS Introduction A pig in a poke The adventures of Mr Beef: a plan for development The further adventures of Mr Beef: strange tales from the cold store The ultimate adventures of Mr Beef: crazy trading and a helpful government The misadventures of Mr Beef: boom and bust Conclusion. CHAPTER 5: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROBLEM: QUESTIONABLE EXPLANATIONS Introduction The controversy over culture Culture and entrepreneurial action: a framework for analysis Irish entrepreneurial conduct: non-cultural explanations Conclusion. CHAPTER 6: CULTURE AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROBLEM Introduction The case of culture: values and meanings Economic traditionalism and the entrepreneurial problem Meanings, motives and interpretations The motivational problem: too many traditionalists A tradition of traditionalism Conclusion. CHAPTER 7: THE IRISH CULTURE COMPLEX: ROMAN CATHOLICISM AND NATIONALISM Introduction The hish culture complex: Roman Catholicism The Church on trial: a 'debate' about Catholicism and economic progress Enter nationalism Conclusion. CHAPTER 8: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE IRISH CULTURE COMPLEX Intoduction Culture and the entrepreneurial problem The canon of Irishness and economic life The tradition of traditionalism revisited Myth reality and reinforcement: elective affinities and institutional power The pivotal role of Roman Catholicism Prioritisation and regulation: final comments Conclusion. Bibliography.