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Social Security in Ireland 1981–2016: A Framework for Analysis

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This chapter starts by asserting the value of a single-n research design and exploring its limitations. It then ‘places’ Ireland in a welfare regime context, explores whether the accepted comparative accounts of Ireland are wholly correct and argues that Ireland is a ‘hybrid’ welfare regime. The chapter proceeds by describing the Irish social security system in 1981 and then setting out the broad direction of change in the context for social security - economic, political and social. The conclusion argues that the underlying changes are likely to prompt quite mixed pressures on social security from 1981 to 2016.

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McCashin, A. (2019). Social Security in Ireland 1981–2016: A Framework for Analysis. In: Continuity and Change in the Welfare State. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96779-0_4

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