The Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland: Governing Activation at the Street-Level

by Michael McGann

Overview

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This book assesses how the practice of contracting-out public employment services via competitive tendering and Payment-by-Results is transforming welfare-to-work in Ireland. It 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. It draws on unprecedented access to, and extensive survey and interview research with, frontline employment services staff, combined with in-depth interviews with policy officials, organisational managers and jobseekers participating in activation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447367062
Publisher:	Policy Press
Publication date:	03/20/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael McGann is Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

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

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Michael McGann’s groundbreaking research offers critical and compelling insight into Ireland’s activation turn. It is equally salient and illuminating for advancing scholarship on the marketisation of public employment services at street level as ‘double activation’.” Fiona Dukelow, UniversityCollege Cork

“McGann’s work is impressive both for the breadth and depth of scholarship and for the unique insights offered. Essential reading.” Joe Whelan, Trinity College, The University of Dublin