Scapegoating During a Time of Crisis: A Critique of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland

Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 921-937

  O’Flynn, Micheal ^a   Monaghan, Lee F ^b   Power, Martin J ^b  

^a The Open University   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

austerity; capitalism; class; conflict; crisis; frame analysis; scapegoating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908499631     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038514539059     Document Type: Article

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