Browsing by Author "Carney, Gemma M."
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‘blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt’: solidarity between generations in the irish crisis
Carney, Gemma M.; Scharf, Thomas; Timonen, Virpi; Conlon, Catherine (SAGE Publications, 2014-01-23)Ireland has gained a reputation for peaceable acceptance of austerity following a European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout in 2010. While proponents of austerity praise Ireland's stoicism, critics of global ... -
Citizenship and structured dependency: the implications of policy design for senior political power
Carney, Gemma M. (Cambridge University Press, 2009)This paper argues that the structured dependency thesis must be extended to incorporate political power. It outlines a political framework of analysis with which to identify who gains and who loses from social policy. I ... -
Community engagement in Ireland's developmental welfare state: a study of the life cycle approach
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, 2011)The idea that people matter in modern democracies, often referred to as 'civic engagement' is recognised at the highest international level (United Nations 2008: 9). Civic or community engagement is essential to how budgets ... -
From Women's Rights to Gender Mainstreaming: an Examination of International Gender Norms in the Republic of Ireland
Carney, Gemma M. (Queens University Belfast, 2004) -
Gender and Childcare:Creating a space for 'womenandchildren' in Irish policy-making.
Carney, Gemma M. (2004)This paper grows from doctoral research on gender mainstreaming in the Republic of Ireland. Interviews with equality policy-makers revealed that initial investment in childcare, (£1m in 1993), was used by policy-makers to ... -
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (SAGE Journals, 2012-07-18)The inclusion of community activists in policy planning is increasingly recognized at the highest international level. This article shows how the use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) can present a deeper and more ... -
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnership
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (SAGE Journals Online, 2012)The inclusion of community activists in policy planning is increasingly recognized at thehighest international level. This article shows how the use of Participatory ActionResearch (PAR) can present a deeper and more ... -
Participatory action research with and within community activist groups: Capturing the collective experience of Ireland's Community and Voluntary Pillar in social partnershiprganisations in Ireland,
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (SAGE Journals, 2012-07-18)This paper advances knowledge of roles played by Civil Society Organisations (CSO s) when negotiating the shift from boom time public expenditure to a programme of austerity. The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, ... -
'Protecting the most vulnerable' in an economic crisis: a participatory study of civil society organisations in Ireland
Carney, Gemma M.; Dundon, Tony; Ní Léime, Áine (2012)This paper advances knowledge of how civil society organisations (CSOs) negotiate the shift from boom-time public expenditure to governmental austerity. The study focuses on the Republic of Ireland, where CSOs occupied an ...