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A fascinating interpretation of the evolution of social policy in modern Ireland, as the product of a triangulated relationship between church, state and capital.

This second edition of a highly successful textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to social policy in Ireland addressing a range of social policy topics of growing importance in contemporary Irish society including issues related to children, service users and groups, migration, ethnicity, sexuality and climate change.

As the first comprehensive assessment of policy analysis in both the Czech Republic and the post-communist Central and Eastern European region, this important addition to the ILPA Series provides a unique insight which offers an indispensable guide for researchers, policy makers and students.

This is the first book to explode the myth of Swedish gender equality, offering both a new perspective for an international audience, and suggesting how equality might be re-thought more generally.