Mary P. Corcoran & Jane Gray 
Suburban Affiliations [PDF ebook] 
Social Relations in the Greater Dublin Area

Since the mid-1990s Ireland has experienced an extraordinary phase of economic and social development. Housing estates have mushroomed around towns and cities, most notably around the environs of Dublin. Seeking to understand the impact of these recent developments, Corcoron, Gray, and Peillon initiated the New Urban Living study, a detailed research project focused on four suburbs of Dublin. Suburban Affiliations represents the culmination of that research, offering an invaluable contribution to the study of suburbanization and to our understanding of the process of social change that has come to Ireland.

About the author

Mary P. Corcoran and Michel Peillon are professors of sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Jane Gray is a senior lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. All are research associates of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis.