No global : the people of Ireland versus the multinationals /

Ireland's economy has seen phenomenal growth since the 1990s, as a result of an earlier decision by the state to chase foreign investment, largely from US corporates. As a result, manufacturers of raw chemicals, pharmaceuticals and highly dangerous substances came to Ireland, where they could m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Allen, Robert, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1972-1998.
Chemical industry > Environmental aspects > Ireland.
Pollution > Ireland.
International business enterprises > Ireland.
Environmental protection > Ireland > Citizen participation.
Industries chimiques > Aspect de l'environnement > Irlande.
Pollution > Irlande.
Entreprises multinationales > Irlande.
Environnement > Protection > Irlande > Participation des citoyens.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Chemical industry > Environmental aspects.
Environmental protection > Citizen participation.
International business enterprises.
Pollution.
Chemische Industrie
Multinationales Unternehmen
Umweltverschmutzung
Protestbewegung
Ireland.
Irland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of pollution
  • Ballydine: tears in the valley
  • Killeagh: power and effluent
  • Cork: poison harbour
  • Toxic Ireland: polluted
  • Carndonagh: anxiety among the women
  • Askeaton: in the shadow of the dragon.

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