Church, state and social science in Ireland : knowledge institutions and the rebalancing of power 1937-73 /

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The immense power the Catholic Church once wielded in Ireland has considerably diminished over the last 50 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 Europe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Murray, Peter, 1952- (Author), Feeney, Maria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Church and state > Ireland > History > 20th century.
Église et État > Irlande > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sociology.
Ireland.
Religion & Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Church and state.
Social conditions.
Ireland > Social conditions > 20th century.
Irlande > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sociology and the Catholic social movement in an independent Irish state
  • Facing facts: the empirical turn of Irish Catholic sociology in the 1950s
  • US aid and the creation of an Irish scientific research infrastructure
  • The institutionalisation of Irish social research
  • Social research and state planning
  • Conclusion.

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