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Record Nr.

UNINA9910674360203321

Autore

McGann Michael

Titolo

Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland : Governing Activation at the Street-Level / / Michael McGann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Bristol University Press, , 2022

©2023

ISBN

9781447367079

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Policy Press shorts. Research

Disciplina

330.155

Soggetti

Unemployed - Services for

Welfare economics

Welfare recipients

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Welfare Reform in Post-Crisis Ireland -- 3. Exploring Double Activation -- 4. Workfare Meets Marketisation -- 5. Remodelling Agency at the Street-Level -- 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers Ireland's introduction of a welfare-to-work market as a case study that speaks to wider international debates in social and public policy about the role of market governance in intensifying the turn towards more regulatory and conditional welfare models on the ground.