Political Economy And Colonial Ireland

Author : Thomas Boylan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134920407
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Economy and Colonial Ireland written by Thomas Boylan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-08 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a bitterly divided 19th century Ireland, consensus was sought in the new discipline of political economy which claimed to transcend all divisions. This book explores the failure of that mission in the wake of the great famine of 1846-7.

Author : Thomas A. Boylan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780415066280
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Political Economy and Colonial Ireland written by Thomas A. Boylan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the first half of the nineteenth century there was a widespread notion that political economy was little known and not highly thought of in Ireland, and that the Irish and Roman Catholic 'character' was either 'non-economic' or 'anti-economic'. Such economic ignorance came to be seen as a major cause of Irish backwardness and social divisions. The educational system was identified as the chief non-coercive means of establishing hegemony over the Irish, with political economy playing a leading role in promoting the economically progressive virtues (seen as English and rational) of self-interest and individualism, the socially desirable objective of neutralising class antagonisms and, above all, the political objective of 'tranquillising' Ireland and assimilating it to English norms, the better to promote the integrity of Empire. In a country so spectacularly divided as Ireland ideological consensus was sought in that allegedly value-free and incontrovertible form of knowledge, political economy. But this book argues that political economy was partisan and defended the social, political and ideological status quo. The Great Famine of 1846-7 provoked an Irish outcry against political economy, and especially its constant companion laissez-faire. The validity and universality of its laws were impugned and it was subjected to unrelenting moral and political attacks. Although the establishment strenuously defended it, within ten years a moral critique of the discipline had seriously questioned its scientific status. Its basic tenets, such as individualism and self-interest, were challenged in the name of social and cooperative values and the family, rather than the individual, was seen as the basic unit of society. A political economy based on English experience and ideas was rejected and the notion was embraced that Ireland should be governed by 'Irish ideas'. This is the first history of the academic and non-academic propagation of the discipline in Ireland. It deals with the foundation and careers of university chairs, the role of the Statistical Society and the Barrington Trust, and the teaching of the subject to children in the national schools. In all of these areas the central role of Archbishop Richard Whately is emphasised.

Author : Thomas A. Boylan
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415147361
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Political Economy written by Thomas A. Boylan and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized thematically and covering all major fields within economics, this set collects together the most significant writings produced in nineteenth century Ireland.

Author : Terrence McDonough
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Was Ireland a Colony? written by Terrence McDonough and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth-century history of Irish economics, politics and culture cannot be properly understood without examining Ireland's colonial condition. Recent political developments and economic success have revived interest in the study of the colonial relationship between Britain and Ireland that is more nuanced than the traditional nationalist or academic revisionist view of Irish history. This new approach has arisen in several fields of historical investigation, notably culture, economics and political history.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Irish Political Economy. By J. Swift ... and George Berkeley. [Consisting of A Short View of the State of Ireland, and A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture, by J. Swift; and Extracts from the Querist, by G. Berkeley.] ... Edited by John Mitchel written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Boylan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136933492
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Irish Economic Thought written by Thomas Boylan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been undertaken. In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved through the provision of individual contributions from a group of recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Irish Political Economy written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. D. Collison Black
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107475287
Total Pages : 315 pages
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Download or read book Economic Thought and the Irish Question 1817–1870 written by R. D. Collison Black and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1960, this book presents a discussion of the relationship between economic theory and economic policy in relation to nineteenth-century Irish history. The text focuses on the period 1816-70 and covers a variety of areas, including the land system, absentee landlords, the poor law, private enterprise, free trade, public works, and emigration. A bibliography is included and detailed notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Irish history, British foreign policy and economic theory.

Author : Denis O'Hearn
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719059742
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Atlantic Economy written by Denis O'Hearn and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is suitable for final year undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in the fields of Irish studies, development economics and comparative history.

Author : Raymond D. Crotty
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
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Download or read book Ireland in Crisis written by Raymond D. Crotty and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: