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The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State - Church, State and Capital (Hardcover)
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The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State - Church, State and Capital (Hardcover)
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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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