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The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Change
Mary P. Murphy (Ed.)
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Description for The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Change
Hardback. Editor(s): Murphy, Mary P.; Dukelow, Fiona. Num Pages: 362 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBL; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
This book provides a critical and theoretically-informed assessment of the nature and types of structural change occurring in the Irish welfare state in the context of the 2008 economic crisis. Its overarching framework for conceptualising and analysing welfare state change and its political, economic and social implications is based around four crucial questions, namely what welfare is for, who delivers welfare, who pays for welfare, and who benefits. Over the course of ten chapters, the authors examine the answers as they relate to social protection, labour market activation, pensions, finance, water, early child education and care, health, housing and ... Read more
This book provides a critical and theoretically-informed assessment of the nature and types of structural change occurring in the Irish welfare state in the context of the 2008 economic crisis. Its overarching framework for conceptualising and analysing welfare state change and its political, economic and social implications is based around four crucial questions, namely what welfare is for, who delivers welfare, who pays for welfare, and who benefits. Over the course of ten chapters, the authors examine the answers as they relate to social protection, labour market activation, pensions, finance, water, early child education and care, health, housing and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
337
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137571373
SKU
V9781137571373
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Ref
99-15
About Mary P. Murphy (Ed.)
Mary P. Murphy is Lecturer in Irish Politics and Society at Maynooth University, Ireland Fiona Dukelow is a Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland
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Winner of the 2017 Miriam Hederman O'Brien Award for original work in Irish fiscal policy