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politics and polemics of culture in Ireland, 1800-2010
As a contribution to cultural policy studies, this book offers a uniquely detailed and comprehensive account of the historical evolution of cultural policies and their contestation within a single democratic polity, while treating these developments comparatively against the backdrop of contemporaneous influences and developments internationally. It traces the climate of debate, policies and institutional arrangements arising from the state's regulation and administration of culture in Ireland from 1800 to 2010. It traces the influence of precedent and practice developed under British rule in the nineteenth century on government in the 26-county Free State established in 1922 (subsequently declared the Republic of Ireland in 1949). It demonstrates the enduring influence of the liberal principle of minimal intervention in cultural life on the approach of successive Irish governments to the formulation of cultural policy, right up to the 1970s. From 1973 onwards, however, the state began to take a more interventionist and welfarist approach to culture. This was marked by increasing professionalization of the arts and heritage, and a decline in state support for amateur and voluntary cultural bodies. That the state had a more expansive role to play in regulating and funding culture became a norm of cultural discourse.
List of Acronyms -- Introduction: The politics and polemics of culture in Ireland, 1800-2010 -- British government and the shaping of Irish cultural life in the nineteenth century -- Liberal scruples and cultural revival, 1890-1916 -- Institutional experiments in culture -- Culture and the conservative revolution, 1916-21 -- Anarchy, Gaelicism and culture, 1922-32 -- Cultural institutions and the Gaelic ideal -- Flying the nets of insularity -- Culture, tradition and the individual talent of Sean O'Faolain -- Culture and the public sphere, 1922-50 -- Towards the formation of an arts council, 1945-51 -- Thriving on official neglect: popular culture, 1950-70 -- The arts council in the 1950s -- The 1960s -- Charles Haughey and the politics of art -- Reforming the arts council -- The North erupts: studying culture in troubled times -- Transforming the arts council -- Excellence or access?: The call for cultural democracy -- The community arts movement -- Suddenly, a Department for Culture emerges -- Mediating culture: The role of arts journalism -- The construction of heritage, 1950-1970 -- The institutionalisation of heritage, 1970-2010 -- Heritage in conflict, 1992-2010 -- Culture and the Celtic tiger -- Appendix: Changes to the composition and identity of the Irish Department for Culture (1993-2020) -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.