Church, State and Social Science in Ireland: Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 1937–73...

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Peter Murray Maria Feeney

Church, State and Social Science in Ireland

Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 1937–73

Peter Murray, Maria Feeney

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English

Manchester University Press
07 December 2018

Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Sociology; Politics & government

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. -- .

By: Peter Murray, Maria Feeney
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781526121721
ISBN 10: 1526121727
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 December 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Murray is Lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University, Ireland Maria Feeney has lectured in Sociology and Education at Maynooth University, Ireland

Reviews for Church, State and Social Science in Ireland: Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 1937–73

‘It makes excellent use of original archival research to offer new and revised perspectives, the essence of good social-science research, of which Peter Murray and Maria Feeney, of Maynooth University, are admirable and hardworking practitioners.’ Diarmaid Ferriter, University College Dublin, The Irish Times July 2017 -- .