2016
DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2016.1117244
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Irish civil society: rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic? A case study of fighting Irish social security retrenchment

Abstract: Examining the politics of Irish responses to crisis-related social security cuts gives insight into Irish agency and how crisis has shaped the contours of Irish civil society. Despite assertions of lack of protest, Irish retrenchment was resisted and sometimes partially defeated. Using political sociology frameworks to explore interactions between institutional, ideological and interest variables in three case studies of defending cuts enables analysis of resistance strategies. There are tensions when short-te… Show more

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“…What may be called personalism refers to citizens' prioritization of personal connections to their political representatives rather than evaluating their TDs based on 'objective norms' (Coakley 2018, 48). Some Irish scholars characterize the nature of this work critically as populist and clientelist (Murphy 2011;Murphy 2014;Teague and Donaghey 2009, 52), while others reject the applicability of this characterization and label it more mildly as excessive brokerage, which is not necessarily unique to Ireland but takes a distinctive character there (O'Malley 2011, 116;Sinnot 2018, 165). In either case, it is believed to contribute to an individualistic political culture that favours independent over collective action (Gallagher 1982, 16-20;Coakley 2018, 48).…”
Section: The Irish Political Environmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…What may be called personalism refers to citizens' prioritization of personal connections to their political representatives rather than evaluating their TDs based on 'objective norms' (Coakley 2018, 48). Some Irish scholars characterize the nature of this work critically as populist and clientelist (Murphy 2011;Murphy 2014;Teague and Donaghey 2009, 52), while others reject the applicability of this characterization and label it more mildly as excessive brokerage, which is not necessarily unique to Ireland but takes a distinctive character there (O'Malley 2011, 116;Sinnot 2018, 165). In either case, it is believed to contribute to an individualistic political culture that favours independent over collective action (Gallagher 1982, 16-20;Coakley 2018, 48).…”
Section: The Irish Political Environmentmentioning
confidence: 99%