Mary E. Daly’s analysis within Sixties Ireland is a useful corrective to simplistic and selfcongratulatory narratives concerning the place of the ‘long 1960s’ within modern Irish social and economic history. Daly’s interesting discussion covers the period between the First Programme for Economic Expansion (as well as membership of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) in 1957 and Ireland’s entry into the Common Market in 1973. The book is particularly strong concerning interest groups lobbying. Daly outlines, in a highly persuasive fashion, how ‘auction politics’ arrived in Ireland and how squabbles within the civil service (and other public bodies) hindered effective policy formulation and implementation. Daly is excellent in discussing the role of interests and ‘auction politics’ in explaining the pace and direction of change. The ambition and scope of Sixties Ireland ensures that it will undoubtedly serve as a launch pad for many a future Ph.D. thesis as well as providing a core text on undergraduateand postgraduate-level modules in modern social and economic history. Furthermore, students of applied economics, political science, and sociology will also find much to pique their interest. Nevertheless, this reviewer had some reservations, to be discussed in more detail at the end of this review article; for example, Daly is weak on explaining the role of ideas in explaining the evolution of economic policy. Daly’s analysis nevertheless can provide a building block towards constructing an institutional rather than exceptionalist analysis of how economy, state and society was reshaped. Daly, however, appears at points to suggest ‘a middle ground’ between Lee’s exceptionalist argument (i.e. that Ireland uniquely underperformed economically due to among other things perverse incentives) and more recent critiques of the exceptionalist argument. Daly accepts that her focus on tradition and continuity for instance chimes with Lee’s discussion of the way Ireland was shaped by the tenacity of the possessor over the performance ethos (p. 11). Sixties Ireland is the product of over a decade’s work, as the book’s acknowledgements note, the book’s gestation was delayed by Daly’s role as Principal of the UCD

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没有香蕉的“香蕉共和国”？政治经济学、爱尔兰例外主义和玛丽·戴利的六十年代爱尔兰DalyMary E.，爱尔兰六十年代：重塑经济、国家和社会，1957-1973（剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2016 年，426 页，19.99 英镑平装本）

Mary E. Daly 对爱尔兰六十年代的分析是对关于“漫长的 1960 年代”在现代爱尔兰社会和经济历史中的地位的简单化和自以为是的叙述的有益纠正。戴利有趣的讨论涵盖了从 1957 年的第一个经济扩张计划（以及世界银行和国际货币基金组织的成员）到爱尔兰于 1973 年进入共同市场之间的时期。这本书特别强调了利益集团的游说。戴利以极具说服力的方式概述了“拍卖政治”是如何到达爱尔兰的，以及公务员（和其他公共机构）内部的争吵如何阻碍了有效的政策制定和实施。戴利在讨论利益和“拍卖政治”在解释变革的步伐和方向方面的作用方面表现出色。Sixties Ireland 的雄心和范围确保它无疑将成为许多未来博士的发射台。论文以及提供关于现代社会和经济史本科和研究生水平模块的核心文本。此外，应用经济学、政治学和社会学的学生也会发现很多东西可以激发他们的兴趣。尽管如此，这位评论家还是有一些保留意见，将在这篇评论文章的末尾进行更详细的讨论；例如，戴利在解释思想在解释经济政策演变方面的作用方面很薄弱。然而，戴利的分析可以为构建对经济、国家和社会如何重塑的制度性而非例外论的分析提供一个基石。然而，达利 似乎在李的例外论论点（即爱尔兰由于不正当的激励措施等原因在经济上表现不佳）和最近对例外论论点的批评之间提出了“中间立场”。戴利承认她对传统和连续性的关注与李的讨论相吻合，即爱尔兰是由拥有者对表演精神的坚韧塑造的方式（第 11 页）。爱尔兰六十年代是十多年工作的产物，正如该书的致谢所指出的那样，这本书的酝酿因戴利担任 UCD 校长的角色而推迟 戴利承认她对传统和连续性的关注与李的讨论相吻合，即爱尔兰是由拥有者对表演精神的坚韧塑造的方式（第 11 页）。爱尔兰六十年代是十多年工作的产物，正如该书的致谢所指出的那样，这本书的酝酿因戴利担任 UCD 校长的角色而推迟 戴利承认她对传统和连续性的关注与李的讨论相吻合，即爱尔兰是由拥有者对表演精神的坚韧塑造的方式（第 11 页）。爱尔兰六十年代是十多年工作的产物，正如该书的致谢所指出的那样，这本书的酝酿因戴利担任 UCD 校长的角色而推迟