Irish Social Policy
A critical introduction
Published on 8. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
582 pages
978-0-7171-4156-2 (ISBN)
Description
?Traces the emergence and development of Irish social policy from its origins to contemporary times
This new book offers undergraduate students a core text for the study of Irish social policy, combining an introduction to the discipline with analysis directly based on the Irish context.
? Explains key theoretical and conceptual underpinnings including welfare ideologies and globalisation
? Looks at the key social services in the Irish context and analyses them within the broader disciplinary framework
? Examines how Irish social policy and social services affect different social groups, including carers and minority ethnic groups
? Discusses new areas within the discipline including sustainability and quality of life
? Each chapter includes text boxes highlighting key concepts, definitions and developments as well as guides for further reading and discussion
? Suitable for students taking social science, social work and social care degrees at universities and institutes of technology, in which social policy is a key discipline
? Also suitable for students taking courses with a social policy component, including: government and public policy; nursing; public health; and early childhood studies
This new book offers undergraduate students a core text for the study of Irish social policy, combining an introduction to the discipline with analysis directly based on the Irish context.
? Explains key theoretical and conceptual underpinnings including welfare ideologies and globalisation
? Looks at the key social services in the Irish context and analyses them within the broader disciplinary framework
? Examines how Irish social policy and social services affect different social groups, including carers and minority ethnic groups
? Discusses new areas within the discipline including sustainability and quality of life
? Each chapter includes text boxes highlighting key concepts, definitions and developments as well as guides for further reading and discussion
? Suitable for students taking social science, social work and social care degrees at universities and institutes of technology, in which social policy is a key discipline
? Also suitable for students taking courses with a social policy component, including: government and public policy; nursing; public health; and early childhood studies
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
870 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7171-4156-2 (9780717141562)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Mairead Considine and Fiona Dukelow are Lecturers in Social Policy in the Department of Applied Social Studies at University College Cork.
Content
Introducing Social Policy
Section I Approaching Irish Social Policy: from the past to the present
1. From the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century: the emergence
of social policy in Ireland
2. From the 1920s to the 1960s: the development of social policy in Ireland
3. From the 1970s to the present: social policy in recent times
Section II Explaining Social Policy: concepts, politics and ideology
4. Social policy and the welfare state: origins, development and reform
5. Political ideologies, welfare and social policy
6. Contemporary theories and debates in social policy: Ireland in a wider
context
Section III Analysing Irish Social Policy I: social services
7. Social security policy
8. Health policy
9. Education policy
10.Housing policy
Section IV Analysing Irish Social Policy II: social groups and quality of life
11.Social groups and social policy: life course groups and life course issues
12.Social groups and social policy: issues of diversity and discrimination
13.Social policy, sustainable development and quality of life issues
Section I Approaching Irish Social Policy: from the past to the present
1. From the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century: the emergence
of social policy in Ireland
2. From the 1920s to the 1960s: the development of social policy in Ireland
3. From the 1970s to the present: social policy in recent times
Section II Explaining Social Policy: concepts, politics and ideology
4. Social policy and the welfare state: origins, development and reform
5. Political ideologies, welfare and social policy
6. Contemporary theories and debates in social policy: Ireland in a wider
context
Section III Analysing Irish Social Policy I: social services
7. Social security policy
8. Health policy
9. Education policy
10.Housing policy
Section IV Analysing Irish Social Policy II: social groups and quality of life
11.Social groups and social policy: life course groups and life course issues
12.Social groups and social policy: issues of diversity and discrimination
13.Social policy, sustainable development and quality of life issues