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Social policy in Ireland : principles, practice and problems /

Contributor(s): Healy, Seán, S.M.A | Reynolds, Brigid | Collins, Micheál L | Conference of Religious of Ireland.
Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : Liffey Press, 2006Edition: Revised and updated edition.Description: xii, 468 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781905785025; 9781905785025:; 190578502X.Subject(s): Ireland -- Social conditions -- 21st century | Social policy | Social planning -- Ireland | Ireland -- Social policy | Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1949-DDC classification: 361.6109417 | HEA
Contents:
Progress and public policy : the need for a new paradigm / Seán Healy and Brigid Reynolds -- Equality / John Baker -- The common good of a pluralist society / Patrick Riordan SJ -- Evidence-based social policy-making / Micheál L. Collins and Colin Menton -- Projecting Ireland's population at a time of major demographic change / Aidan Punch -- Social partnership and the policy process / Rory O'Donnell and Damian Thomas -- Poverty : measurement, trends and future directions / Micheál L. Collins -- The changing patterns of income distribution and inequality in Ireland, 1973-2004 / Micheál L. Collins and Catherine Kavanagh -- The EU's social inclusion indicators and their implications for Ireland / Brian Nolan -- Basic income : recent analyses for Ireland / Sean Ward -- Taxation policy and reform / Francis O'Toole and Noel Cahill -- Work, employment and unemployment / Seán Healy and Micheál L. Collins -- Housing in Ireland : philosophy, problems and policies / P.J. Drudy -- Health policy in Ireland / Eamon O'Shea and Patrick Gillespie -- Neo-liberalism and education / Kathleen Lynch -- Rural development : policy themes and measures of the early twenty-first century / Patricia O'Hara and Patrick Commins -- Migration in Ireland : a changing reality / Piaras Mac Éinrí -- Family and family policy / Tony Fahey -- Negotiating power and powerlessness : community interests and partnership in rural Ireland / Tony Varley -- Social capital and well-being in Ireland / Tom Healy -- The economic challenge of sustainability / Richard Douthwaithe and Emer O'Siochrú -- The economics of altruism in a time of affluence / John A. Healy and Charles M.A. Clark.
Summary: Covers many of the major issues in the area of: health care, rural development, immigration, taxation, education, equality, social capital and more.
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Marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Justice Commission of the Conference of Religious of Ireland.

Includes bibliographical references.

Progress and public policy : the need for a new paradigm / Seán Healy and Brigid Reynolds -- Equality / John Baker -- The common good of a pluralist society / Patrick Riordan SJ -- Evidence-based social policy-making / Micheál L. Collins and Colin Menton -- Projecting Ireland's population at a time of major demographic change / Aidan Punch -- Social partnership and the policy process / Rory O'Donnell and Damian Thomas -- Poverty : measurement, trends and future directions / Micheál L. Collins -- The changing patterns of income distribution and inequality in Ireland, 1973-2004 / Micheál L. Collins and Catherine Kavanagh -- The EU's social inclusion indicators and their implications for Ireland / Brian Nolan -- Basic income : recent analyses for Ireland / Sean Ward -- Taxation policy and reform / Francis O'Toole and Noel Cahill -- Work, employment and unemployment / Seán Healy and Micheál L. Collins -- Housing in Ireland : philosophy, problems and policies / P.J. Drudy -- Health policy in Ireland / Eamon O'Shea and Patrick Gillespie -- Neo-liberalism and education / Kathleen Lynch -- Rural development : policy themes and measures of the early twenty-first century / Patricia O'Hara and Patrick Commins -- Migration in Ireland : a changing reality / Piaras Mac Éinrí -- Family and family policy / Tony Fahey -- Negotiating power and powerlessness : community interests and partnership in rural Ireland / Tony Varley -- Social capital and well-being in Ireland / Tom Healy -- The economic challenge of sustainability / Richard Douthwaithe and Emer O'Siochrú -- The economics of altruism in a time of affluence / John A. Healy and Charles M.A. Clark.

Covers many of the major issues in the area of: health care, rural development, immigration, taxation, education, equality, social capital and more.

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