Demographic and Socio-Economic Change in Ireland

A Spatial Perspective

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ID12286331
AutoresCormac Walsh (0000-0002-0904-4670, University College Dublin, autor de correspondencia), Jim Walsh (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Año2008
Volumen64 (First Serie
Número1
Páginas53-66
Fecha de publicación2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaScottish Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0966-0356 • E-ISSN: 2053-888X
EditorialEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/scot.2008.0035
OpenAlexW1970751465
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

It is widely accepted that Ireland has undergone a very significant transformation since the early 1990s. Since 1991 the population of the Republic of Ireland has expanded by over 20%. Unprecedented and sustained levels of economic growth have served to reverse previous trends of emigration and unemployment, creating a new prosperity but also new challenges including increasing social polarisation and environmental responsibility. Not unlike the Scottish experience, the recent demographic turnaround in Ireland has to a significant extent been driven by net in-migration, including return migrants and economic migrants from the new accession states of central and eastern Europe. In direct contrast to the Scottish experience, however, natural increase has continued to represent a key component of demographic expansion in Ireland, leading to a significantly lower level of age dependency. The changes that commenced around 1987 have been influenced by many factors including new forms of governance, national policies for economic and social development, a favourable international economic context, high levels of international investment in manufacturing and internationally traded

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