Product DescriptionMurphy 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.
About the AuthorProfessor Gary Murphy is from Cork, he is a senior lecturer in Government at Dublin City University, where he is a member of the School of Law and Government. He is a regular contributor to media discussion on Irish and foreign politics, and was an ever-present face during media coverage of the 2008 American presidential campaign. He co-edited The Lemass Era: Politics and Society in the Ireland of Sean Lemass and from 2002 to 2005 he was co-editor of Irish Political Studies, the leading journal in Irish political science.
