Administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23760022 |
|---|---|
| Authors | FERGUS CAMPBELL, F W Campbell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 53-98 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Irish establishment, 1879-1914 (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199233229.003.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W4255404200 |
| ISBN | 9780199233229 |
| Open Library | OL23235278M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter examines the changing social composition of the senior civil servants in Ireland between 1891 and 1911. Allegations were made that Catholics were under‐represented in the civil service because they had few educational opportunities but this chapter demonstrates that there were a considerable number of university‐educated Catholics in Ireland by the beginning of the twentieth century many of whom had difficulty taking their place in state jobs and the professions. The chapter concludes by suggesting that Catholics were discriminated against in the civil service because top civil servants tended to be recruited from social networks in Dublin that had been dominated by Protestants for generations. The only Catholics who were able to ascend to the dizzy heights of the Irish civil service were those who were from landed backgrounds and who were presumed—by the state—to be loyal.
Administration (probate law) · Civil servants · Civil service · Economy · Irish · Political science · Politics · Public service · Service (business) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Irish and British Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |