- Title:
- Irish Catholic Voluntary Associations in the Canadian Liberal Order, 1840-1882
- Creator:
- McLaughlin, Mike
- Date Created:
- 2016
- Degree Awarded:
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Subjects:
- Canadian History
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- This study will explore the ways in which Irish Catholic voluntary associations engaged with the Canadian liberal order in the nineteenth century by focusing especially on three specific associations that were formed at particular times to confront particular social problems: temperance societies, the Catholic League, and Home Rule branches. Some of these organizations opposed liberalism and the liberal state, while others disseminated liberal values. Some, like temperance societies, did both. Informed by Ian McKay's Liberal Order Framework, I have framed the Canadian context within which Irish Catholic voluntary associations functioned as a liberalizing society with a strong attachment to Protestant British identity. In studies focusing on state formation, democracy, and liberalism, scholars such as Alan Greer and Ian Radforth, Jeffrey McNairn, and Darren Ferry have positioned mainstream voluntary associations as having had a central role in the development of liberalism and the formation of the Canadian state. This study sets out to examine the extent to which Irish Catholic voluntary associations had a similar function.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- McLaughlin, Mike. 2016. "Irish Catholic Voluntary Associations in the Canadian Liberal Order, 1840-1882", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_53.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.