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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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
URI:	http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.... http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co....
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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