Church, State and Social Science in Ireland: Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 1937-73 - Couverture rigide

Murray, Peter; Feeney, Maria

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1526100789 ISBN 13 : 9781526100788

Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The immense power the Catholic Church once wielded in Ireland has considerably diminished over the last fifty years. During the same period the Irish state has pursued new economic and social development goals by wooing foreign investors and throwing the state's lot in with an ever-widening European integration project. How a less powerful church and a more assertive state related to one another during the key third quarter of the twentieth century is the subject of this book. Drawing on newly available material, it looks at how social science, which had been a church monopoly, was taken over and bent to new purposes by politicians and civil servants. This case study casts new light on wider processes of change, and the story features a strong and somewhat surprising cast of characters ranging from Sean Lemass and T.K. Whitaker to Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and Father Denis Fahey.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Murray is Lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University, Ireland

Maria Feeney has lectured in Sociology and Education at Maynooth University, Ireland

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manchester University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1526100789
• ISBN 13: 9781526100788
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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