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    Social Polarisation in the Post-Fordist Informational Economy: Ireland in International Context


    Breathnach, Proinnsias (2007) Social Polarisation in the Post-Fordist Informational Economy: Ireland in International Context. Irish Journal of Sociology, 16 (1). pp. 22-42. ISSN 0791-6035

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    Abstract

    This paper examines the processes whereby post-Fordist economic restructuring is widely held to have led to growing social polarisation in the advanced capitalist economies. Conceptual fuzziness has clouded the polarisation hypothesis, and a review of international evidence shows no clear trend towards either occupational or earnings inequality. There is stronger evidence of growing household income inequality, due mainly to changes in household composition and national taxation and social welfare policies. In the case of the Republic of Ireland, there has been a more definite tendency towards occupational, earnings and household income polarisation in the 1990s, giving rise to important policy implications at a time of unprecedented national prosperity.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Postprint version of original published article. The published version is available at Irish Journal of Sociology ISSN 0791-6035 Vol. 16.1,2007, pp. 22-42 Occupational change and social polarisation in Ireland: further evidence Proinnsias Breathnach. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?id=20
    Keywords: Social Polarisation; Post-Fordist; Informational Economy; Ireland; International Context; economic restructuring;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Item ID: 3092
    Depositing User: Proinnsias Breathnach
    Date Deposited: 14 Feb 2012 16:40
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Journal of Sociology
    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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