Tom Inglis is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin

1. Introduction - Tom Inglis
2. Irishness and nationalisms - SiniSa MaleSevic¿
3. Where is Ireland in the worlds of capitalism? - Seán Ó Riain
4. Just another bubble economy? - Denis O'Hearn
5. A Catholic vision of Ireland - Bryan Fanning
6. The Irish political elite - Kieran Allen
7. The Irish family - different or not? - Tony Fahey
8. Single women in story and society - Anne Byrne
9. The Irish body - Tom Inglis
10. Sexual abuse and the Catholic Church - Marie Keenan
11. The difference between Irish and American Catholicism - Michele Dillon
12. Postcolonial legacies and the Irish psyche - Geraldine Moane
13. Thinking about Ireland and the Irish diaspora - Mary J. Hickman
14. Being Irish and male in Britain - Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood
15. The new Irish and the Irish nation - Bryan Fanning
16. Conflict and reconciliation in Northern Ireland - Joseph Ruane
17. Irish language, Irish nation - Iarfhlaith Watson
18. The difference of Irish music - Martin Dowling
19. The GAA and the sporting Irish - Katie Liston
20. Feeling at home in contemporary Ireland - Ethel Crowley
21. Searching for and explaining difference - Tom Inglis
22. A new vision of Irish studies - Linda Connolly
23. Irish studies between the past and the future - Michael G. Cronin
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