The political economy of the Irish welfare state: Church, State and capital

FRED POWELL Policy Press £64 ISBN: 9781447332916 Reviewed by Bartholomew Begley Bartholomew Begley is an Irish Research Council Government of Ireland postdoctoral fellow in Philosophy at Dublin City University. Fred Powellhas set himself the formidable,multi-facetedand laudable task of analysing the real rationale behind Ireland’s current welfare regime, describing the cultural and political path that got … Read more