Rapid Development & Community Mobilization in the Republic of Ireland

Bibliographic Data

ID6181984
AuthorsLiam Leonard
Year2008
Volume39
Issue3
Pages59-74
Publication date2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15575330809489669
OpenAlexW2126104014
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

The recent phase of economic growth in the Republic of Ireland has led to an increase in industrial and infrastructural development across the island. One offshoot of this accelerated growth has been a rise in community based environmental social movements, as environmentalists and concerned communities have come to mobilise campaigns to protect local communities and hinterlands. These campaigns can be traced back to community mobilizations against proposals for nuclear power stations or toxic plants in rural regions in the 1970s and 1980s, and have continued in defence of rural wilderness parks, or in the rural farmlands.. This paper examines the background, rationale and outcomes of community mobilizations against unpopular forms of infrastructural development in Ireland

Community development · Community mobilization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental protection · Geography · Mobilization · Political science · Politics · Rural area · Rural community · Social mobilization · Wilderness · Irish and British Studies · Social Science and Policy Research · Ecology

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