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Social stratification in the Republic of Ireland: the horizontal and the vertical mosaic

Ethnology12 (3) • Published In 1973 • Pages: 341-357

By: Streib, Gordon Franklin.

Abstract
The author examines the history of social stratification in rural Ireland through a non-Marxist, Weberian lens that distinguishes class, power, and status, each discussed in turn as separate, non-congruent domains, revealing the complexity of Irish social relations. He covers the Norman and English incursions, bourgeois revolution, admission to the Common Market, state capitalism of the Republic, transformation from an agricultural to an industrial economy, egalitarianism in Gaelic culture, Catholic Church hierarchy, and Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, all of which create a complex vertical and horizontal "mosaic."
Subjects
History
Real property
Occupational specialization
Labor supply and employment
Status, role, and prestige
Classes
External relations
Religious denominations
culture
Rural Irish
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Europe
Sub Region
British Isles
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Social Scientist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ian Skoggard; 2014
Field Date
1977-1967
Coverage Date
1921-1967
Coverage Place
Ireland
Notes
Gordon F. Streib
Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-357)
LCCN
64005713
LCSH
Ireland--Rural conditions