Postcolonial Ireland Rural Fundamentalism and...

The purpose of this essay is to ask, when Ireland began to industrialise in the 1960s and the 1970s why it mainly occurred in the west. This essay will discuss postcolonial Ireland (1920s-1960s). It will define rural fundamentalism and how it informed social and economic policies in Ireland, it will focus on how poverty, emigration and unemployment and how it played a key role in the eclipsing of the communities of rural Ireland This essay will discuss how the opening up of the economy and the shift in ideologies was essential to the survival of the nation. Moving on it will discuss the International Development Authority (IDA) and its role it had in promoting industrialisation in the west. It will give an explanation as to why the†¦show more content†¦West of Ireland is a designated area it can be argued that this can one of the reasons why multinational firms chose to locate to the west of Ireland to achieve the maximum profit margin from the industry. 4 Wickham (1980) argued, that the new industries where located in rural Ireland because a smaller percentage of the population were in industrial workforce and trade union connections where significantly lower. He argues that the trade union connections where predominantly Dublin based industries. The multinational firms located in the west of Ireland because they could employ cheap labour. According to Slater (2011), multinational firms tend to employ younger employees with no experience in industrial work; they tend to recruit small farm owners. As Harris (1986) illustrate that the multinationals had generated 2100 jobs of which 1875 where being preformed by women, when the IDA â€Å"publicly stressed that the jobs in the new factories where for males, suggesting that they would be more qualified, full time and well paid.† (Corcoran et al 2007:73) in practise this did not happen as Harris (1986) noted they recruited rural women. According to Harris (1984), half of the women came from small farm backgrounds and commuted to work everyday. Women where earning money, they were seen as consumers, this brought economic change to the west, as a result new shops where opening up in rural towns. Women were finding new identities. Industrialisation resulted inShow MoreRelatedPostcolonial Ireland: Rural Fundamentalism and Industrialization2092 Words   |  9 PagesThe purpose of this essay is to ask, when Ireland began to industrialise in the 1960s and the 1970s why it mainly occurred in the west. This essay will discuss postcolonial Ireland (1920s-1960s). It will define rural fundamentalism and how it informed social and economic policies in Ireland, it will focus on how poverty, emigration and unemployment and how it played a key role in the eclipsing of the communities of rural Ireland This essay will discuss how the opening up of the economy and the shiftRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the Wor ld Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesdifferent geographical areas and across ethnic communities and social strata. They consider not only the nature, volume, and direction of migrant movements motivated primarily by opportunities for economic advancement—including the massive movement of rural agriculturalists to rapidly growing urban areas—but also the often-neglected displacements of populations that resulted from the wars, revolutions, and natural and man-made disasters of the twentieth century. Howard Spodek’s essay charts the developmentRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagestechnological changes that he saw to be accompanying rapid industrialization and urbanization was the development of an increasingly complex, specialized and differentiated hierarchical division of labour. This had effectively destroyed the traditional social order, which he called ‘mechanical solidarity’: the subordination of the individual to uniform systems of shared values, beliefs and sentiments located in the common experience of an undifferentiated rural population. Durkheim argued that a new social order Postcolonial Ireland Rural Fundamentalism and... The purpose of this essay is to ask, when Ireland began to industrialise in the 1960s and the 1970s why it mainly occurred in the west. This essay will discuss postcolonial Ireland (1920s-1960s). It will define rural fundamentalism and how it informed social and economic policies in Ireland, it will focus on how poverty, emigration and unemployment and how it played a key role in the eclipsing of the communities of rural Ireland This essay will discuss how the opening up of the economy and the shift in ideologies was essential to the survival of the nation. Moving on it will discuss the International Development Authority (IDA) and its role it had in promoting industrialisation in the west. It will give an explanation as to why the†¦show more content†¦According to Harris (1986), economic protectionism, the policy for creating Irish industry was essential to the survival of the Irish state between 1930s – 1950s, moreover the beliefs and values of the economic state wa s crucial to the re-definition of the state at that time. However the opening up of the economy in 1958 can show a change in social and economic ideologies. As (Commins cited in Clancy et al 1986) notes â€Å"rural prosperity was to be sought not only in agriculture but in the comprehensive development of industry, tourism and other enterprises† (p54). This shift in ideologies was fundamental for the survival of the west of Ireland as in [keeping the name on the land] and indeed the survival of the country. Industrialisation has being an important factor of social change in rural Ireland in the last forty years (Slater 2011). Prospects in Agriculture were poor and the population of rural areas were declining. In 1940 Sean O Faolain claimed, â€Å" the old patriarchal rural Ireland is slowly beginning to disintegrate†(cited in Daly 2006:52). According to Harris (1984), while other parts of the country where enjoying the time of economic recovery the west of Ireland was still experiencing high levels of poverty, unemployment and emigration. Moreover seasonal immigration helped sustain small farming communities however the consequences of this as BrodyShow MoreRelatedPostcolonial Ireland: Rural Fundamentalism and Industrialization2083 Words   |  9 PagesThe purpose of this essay is to ask, when Ireland began to industrialise in the 1960s and the 1970s why it mainly occurred in the west. This essay will discuss postcolonial Ireland (1920s-1960s). It will define rural fundamentalis m and how it informed social and economic policies in Ireland, it will focus on how poverty, emigration and unemployment and how it played a key role in the eclipsing of the communities of rural Ireland This essay will discuss how the opening up of the economy and the shiftRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesdifferent geographical areas and across ethnic communities and social strata. They consider not only the nature, volume, and direction of migrant movements motivated primarily by opportunities for economic advancement—including the massive movement of rural agriculturalists to rapidly growing urban areas—but also the often-neglected displacements of populations that resulted from the wars, revolutions, and natural and man-made disasters of the twentieth century. Howard Spodek’s essay charts the developmentRead MoreOrganisational Theory230255 Words   |  922 Pagestechnological changes that he saw to be accompanying rapid industrialization and urbanization was the development of an increasingly complex, specialized and differentiated hierarchical division of labour. This had effectively destroyed the traditional social order, which he called ‘mechanical solidarity’: the subordination of the individual to uniform systems of shared values, beliefs and sentiments located in the common experience of an undifferentiated rural population. Durkheim argued that a new social order