Continuity and Change in the Welfare State

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Continuity and Change in the Welfare State

Social Security in the Republic of Ireland

Social welfare and social services Politics and government Political structure and processes Public administration Central / national / federal government Welfare economics

Author: Anthony McCashin

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Collection: Political Science and International Studies

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 4th October 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 438 Kb

ISBN: 9783319967790


Overview

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 such as pensions and family benefits were downsized or diluted in many countries. It considers whether this important area of welfare state provision in Ireland changed, and the extent and pattern of change.

Context and Content

In the first in-depth account of this aspect of social policy in Ireland, the book sets the welfare state in a historical and comparative context and reviews the impact of globalisation, politics and the financial crash on the scope and generosity of social security.

Target Audience

The book will be of particular interest to scholars of welfare state politics and comparative social policy as well as to students of Irish social policy.

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