Peadar Kirby
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Peadar Kirby is an author and academic at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick
. Up to the academic year 2006/2007 he was a Senior Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
. He specialises in issues concerning Latin America. He is a fluent speaker of the Irish language
. He was involved in the Centre for International Studies at Dublin City University. While there he gave lectures on 'Globalization: Global Political Economy', and 'Latin America: From colony to periphery.'
Kirby has published a number of books on the Economy of Ireland. He has also written on Latin America (including liberation theology
), and is the author of a textbook on the subject (Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First Century Challenges, 2003).
University of Limerick
The University of Limerick is a university in Ireland near the city of Limerick on the island's west coast. It was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and became a university by statute in 1989 in accordance with the University of Limerick Act 1989...
. Up to the academic year 2006/2007 he was a Senior Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...
. He specialises in issues concerning Latin America. He is a fluent speaker of the Irish language
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
. He was involved in the Centre for International Studies at Dublin City University. While there he gave lectures on 'Globalization: Global Political Economy', and 'Latin America: From colony to periphery.'
Kirby has published a number of books on the Economy of Ireland. He has also written on Latin America (including liberation theology
Liberation theology
Liberation theology is a Christian movement in political theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions...
), and is the author of a textbook on the subject (Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First Century Challenges, 2003).
Published works
Books by Peadar Kirby include:- Celtic Tiger in Collapse: Explaining the Weaknesses of the Irish Model, Palgrave MacmillanPalgrave MacmillanPalgrave Macmillan is an international academic and trade publishing company, headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom and with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Delhi, Johannesburg. It was created in 2000 when St...
, 2010 - Vulnerability and Violence: The Impact of Globalisation, Pluto PressPluto PressPluto Press is a radical, progressive, independent publisher based in London. Pluto Press specialises in "progressive, critical perspectives in politics and the social sciences", and describes itself as "one of the world’s leading radical publishers". It has published authors such as Noam Chomsky,...
, 2005. - Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-first Century Challenges, Sage PublicationsSAGE PublicationsSAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...
, 2003, ISBN 0761973737. - The Celtic Tiger in Distress: Growth with Inequality in Ireland, Palgrave MacmillanPalgrave MacmillanPalgrave Macmillan is an international academic and trade publishing company, headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom and with offices in New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong, Delhi, Johannesburg. It was created in 2000 when St...
, 2002. - Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy, Pluto PressPluto PressPluto Press is a radical, progressive, independent publisher based in London. Pluto Press specialises in "progressive, critical perspectives in politics and the social sciences", and describes itself as "one of the world’s leading radical publishers". It has published authors such as Noam Chomsky,...
, 2002. - Rich and Poor: Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland, Oak Tree PressOak Tree PressOak Tree Fine Press is a small not-for-profit publishing house set up with the assistance of Nobel Laureate John Maxwell Coetzee. It publishes limited edition hand bound signed books featuring the work of world leading authors and artists....
, in association with the Combat Poverty Agency, 2001. - In the Shadow of the Tiger, DCU Press, 1998.
- Poverty Amid Plenty: World and Irish Development Reconsidered, Trocaire and Gill & Macmillan, 1997.
- Ireland and Latin America: Links and Lessons, Trócaire and Gill and Macmillan, 1992.
- Dialann ó Nicearagua, An Clóchomhar, 1990, ISBN 0669141723.
- Has Ireland a Future?, Mercier Press, 1988.
- Is Irish Catholicism Dying?, Mercier Press, 1984.
- Lessons in Liberation: The Church in Latin America, Dominican Publications, 1981.