Continuity and Change in the Welfare State Social Security in the Republic of Ireland /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McCashin, Anthony (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Public policy.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Political science.; Legislative bodies.; Welfare state.; Welfare economics.; Public Policy.; British Politics.; Governance and Government.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.

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 pro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Ireland and Welfare State Change
• 2. Understanding Welfare State Change
• 3. The Emergence of Social Security in Ireland
• 4. Social Security in Ireland, 1981-2016, a Framework for Analysis
• 5. Social Security Expenditure and Benefits
• 6. Policy Change: An Interpretive Analysis
• 7. Social Insurance and Path Dependence - A Long Hello to Beveridge
• 8. Continuity and Drift: Child Income Support
• 9. The State Pension: Layering and Retrenchment
• 10. Jobseekers: Conversion from Passive to Active?
• Epilogue.