Peadar Kirby

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.'

Published works

Books by Peadar Kirby include:
* "Vulnerability and Violence: The Impact of Globalisation", Pluto Press, 2005.
* "Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-first Century Challenges", Sage Publications, 2003, ISBN 0761973737.
* "The Celtic Tiger in Distress: Growth with Inequality in Ireland", Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
* "Reinventing Ireland: Culture, Society and the Global Economy", Pluto Press, 2002.
* "Rich and Poor: Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland", Oak Tree Press, 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", Trocaire and Gill and Macmillan, 1992.
* "Dialann o Nicearagua", An Clochomhar, 1990.
* "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.

External links

* [http://webpages.dcu.ie/~kirbyp/index.html Home Page]