The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State

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  • Author : Fred Powell
  • Release Date : 2017-09-13
  • Publisher : Policy Press
  • Genre : Political Science
  • Pages : 308
  • ISBN 13 : 1447335376
  • File Size : 5,5 MB
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The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State by Fred Powell PDF Summary

Book Description: The political economy of the Irish welfare state provides a fascinating interpretation of the evolution of social policy in modern Ireland, as the product of a triangulated relationship between church, state and capital. Using official estimates, Professor Powell demonstrates that the welfare state is vital for the cohesion of Irish society with half the population at risk of poverty without it. However, the reality is of a residual welfare system dominated by means tests, with a two-tier health service, a dysfunctional housing system driven by an acquisitive dynamic of home-ownership at the expense of social housing, and an education system that is socially and religiously segregated. Using the evolution of the Irish welfare state as a narrative example of the incompatibility of political conservatism, free market capitalism and social justice, the book offers a new and challenging view on the interface between structure and agency in the formation and democratic purpose of welfare states, as they increasingly come under critical review and restructuring by elites.

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Continuity and Change in the Welfare State

Continuity and Change in the Welfare State

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​This book offers an analysis of social security in Ireland from 1981 to 2016 - a period of immense economic and social change during which social provisions