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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967315703321

Autore

Larragy Joe

Titolo

Asymmetric engagement : The Community and Voluntary Pillar in Irish social partnership / / Joe Larragy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Manchester University Press, distributed in the United States exclusively, by Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017

©2014

ISBN

9781526110572

1526110571

9781526110596

1526110598

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Irish society

Disciplina

302/.1409415

Soggetti

Sozialpartnerschaft

Ehrenamt

Voluntarism - Political aspects

Voluntarism - Political aspects - Ireland

Irland

Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Asymmetric engagement -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Series editor's foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Interpretations of Irish social partnership -- 3 Associations, movements, governance and power -- 4 A case study: rationale, scope and key concepts -- 5 The Community and Voluntary Pillar: an overview -- 6 Reversal of fortune: the Irish National Organisation of the  Unemployed -- 7 Community or demos? The Community Workers' Co­operative -- 8 Superior tactics? The Conference of Religious in Ireland (Justice Commission) -- 9 Multi­tasking: the National Women's Council of Ireland -- 10 Asymmetric engagement -- Appendices -- References -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on one of the most innovative aspects of Irish social partnership, the Community and Voluntary Pillar. It is the most thorough account of the dynamics of the Pillar to date and tackles the weaknesses in existing perspectives