Church, State and Social Science in Ireland: Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 193773
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Church, State and Social Science in Ireland: Knowledge Institutions and the Rebalancing of Power, 193773
By (Author) Peter Murray
By (author) Maria Feeney
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
16th November 2016
United Kingdom
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Tertiary Education
306.63
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Hardback
272
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
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 a
Reviews
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
Author Bio
Peter Murray is Lecturer in Sociology at Maynooth University, Ireland
Maria Feeney has lectured in Sociology and Education at Maynooth University, Ireland
