In Search of the Promised Land
- Authors
- Murphy, Gary
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Tags
- ireland - economic conditions - 1949 , economic conditions , ireland , europe , history , general , political science , modern , 20th century , business & economics , ireland - politics and government - 1949
- ISBN
- 9781856356381
- Date
- 2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.62 MB
- Lang
- en
Murphy argues against the thesis of Tom Garvin and his work, Preventing the Future. In that book, Garvin argues that old culture, old ideas and the repression of the Church held Ireland's development in check through the 1940s and 1950s. Gary Murphy suggests that the Irish government and civil service leaders were in fact open to change and new ideas and this openness led them to adopt outward-looking policies.