Church, state and social science in Ireland: Knowledge institutions and the rebalancing of power, 1937–73

By: Peter Murray and Maria Feeney

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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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781526108074
Related ISBNs:: 9781526121721, 9781526100788, 9781526108067
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/31/24
Copyrighted By:: Maria Feeney, Peter Murray
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.