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

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Michael McGann (University of Melbourne)

The Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland

Governing Activation at the Street-Level

Michael McGann (University of Melbourne)

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English

Policy Press
20 March 2023

Welfare & benefit systems; Welfare economics

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.

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By: Michael McGann (University of Melbourne)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781447367055
ISBN 10: 1447367057
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 20 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

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

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

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

""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, University College 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