Irish social policy : a critical introduction / Mairéad Considine and Fiona Dukelow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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