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The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century, (PDF) offers a comprehensive, critical analysis of the structural transformations shaping the Irish welfare state in light of the 2008 economic downturn. This in-depth examination is framed around four pivotal questions: What is the purpose of welfare? Who funds welfare initiatives? Who is responsible for delivering these services? And lastly, who truly benefits from the system?
Spanning ten enlightening chapters, the contributors delve into various aspects including social protection, labor market activation, financial systems, water management, early childhood education and care, pension schemes, healthcare, housing policies, and corporate welfare practices. Notably, the text also explores the repercussions of the crisis on the welfare state in Northern Ireland, providing a broadened understanding of regional impacts.
This scholarly work identifies essential catalysts for structural reform within welfare systems, effectively evaluating how factors such as globalization, financialization, privatization, neoliberalism, marketization, and the rise of new public management have intensified and diversified their effects on Ireland’s welfare framework in the post-crisis era.
The detailed findings and interpretations presented in this book make it a vital resource for sociologists, political scientists, economists, and welfare practitioners seeking insight into the evolution of the Irish welfare state and, more widely, the dynamics of welfare state reform on an international scale.
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