Social Policy in Ireland: Principles, Practice, Problems

In Social Policy in Ireland, 28 of the leading social policy commentators in Ireland contribute to 22 chapters ranging across the social policy spectrum. Some chapters look at issues of principle, others analyse practice while others focus on specific policy problems. Together the contributors provide a detailed analysis of a wide range of issues, articulate viable alternatives and identify pathways to move towards such alternatives. They also address the frameworks, models and paradigms which underpin policy analysis and policy-making in Ireland.

This unique publication, which draws on the expertise of people in economics, sociology, political science, social administration and policy-making, will be of widespread interest. It will be required reading for students of social policy and public administration, policymakers, activists and others who wish to analyse social issues and to generate change.

This second revised and updated edition of Social Policy in Ireland marks the 25th anniversary of the estsablishment of the Justice Commission of the Conference of Religious of Ireland (CORI Justice). It builds on and develops many of the major themes addressed over the past two decades in the annual social policy conferences organised by CORI Justice.

Contents

1. Progress, Paradigms and Policy, by Sen Healy and Brigid Reynolds
2. Equality, by John Baker
3. The Common Good of a Pluralist Society, by Patrick Riordan SJ
4. Evidence-based Social Policy-making, by Micheal Collins and Colin Menton
5. Projecting Ireland's Population at a Time of Major Demographic Change, by Aidan Punch
6. Social Partnership and the Policy Process, by Rory ODonnell and Damian Thomas
7. Poverty: Measurement, Trends and Future Directions, by Michel Collins
8. The Changing Patterns of Income Distribution and Inequality in Ireland, 19732004, by Michel Collins and Catherine Kavanagh
9. The EUs Social Inclusion Indicators and Their Implications for Ireland, by Brian Nolan
10. Basic Income: Recent Analyses for Ireland, by Sean Ward
11. Taxation Policy and Reform, by Noel Cahill and Francis OToole
12. Work, Employment and Unemployment, by Michel Collins and Sen Healy
13. Housing in Ireland: Philosophy, Problems and Policies, by P.J. Drudy
14. Health Policy in Ireland, by Eamon O'Shea and Patrick Gillespie
15. Neo-liberalism and Education, by Kathleen Lynch
16. Rural Development: Policy Themes and Measures of the Early Twenty-first Century, by Patricia OHara and Patrick Commins
17. Migration in Ireland: A Changing Reality, by Piaras MacEnri
18. Family and Family Policy, by Tony Fahey
19. Negotiating Power and Powerlessness: Community Interests and Partnership in Rural Ireland, by Tony Varley
20. Social Capital and Well-being in Ireland, by Tom Healy
21. The Economic Challenge of Sustainability, by Emer O'Siochru and Richard Douthwaithe
22. The Economics of Altruism in a Time of Affluence, by John Healy and Charles M. A. Clark