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The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State: Church, State and Capital

The Political Economy of the Irish Welfare State: Church, State and Capital

Powell, Fred

Hardcover

General Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1447332911
ISBN13: 9781447332916
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: Oct 1 2017
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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.

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