Hidden Voices

Lived Experiences in the Irish Welfare Space

Joe Whelan (Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin)

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English

Policy Press
01 December 2023

Poverty & unemployment; Social discrimination; Social welfare & social services

Series: Key Issues in Social Justice

Breaking new ground, this book offers original research findings which contest and inform policy both within Ireland and beyond.

Underpinned by the idea of the right to a ‘basic minimum’, welfare states are a major feature of many societies. However, the lived experiences of persons seeking and receiving welfare payments can often be overlooked.

This book seeks to remedy this omission by honouring lived experience as valuable, insightful and necessary. It draws on qualitative interviews with 19 people receiving various working age welfare payments in Ireland to explore stigma, social reciprocity and the notions of the deserving and undeserving poor, and to analyse welfare conditionality in the Irish context.

Welfare states are a major feature of many societies. This book draws on qualitative interviews with people receiving various working age welfare payments in Ireland to analyse welfare conditionality and explore stigma, social reciprocity and the notions of the deserving and undeserving poor.

'What is life at the economic margins of the Irish state? Whelan offers important insights into this experience based on interviews with individuals navigating the complex worlds of work and welfare in Ireland.' — Evelyn Brodkin, University of Chicago

By: Joe Whelan (Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Abridged edition
ISBN: 9781447360933
ISBN 10: 1447360931
Series: Key Issues in Social Justice
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joe Whelan is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin.

Reviews for Hidden Voices: Lived Experiences in the Irish Welfare Space

"""Joe Whelan's book is a visceral snapshot of the largely negative lived experience of welfare recipiency. Giving voice to hidden lives at the margins of Irish society, it provides critically important insights into experience of Irish welfare space."" Mary Murphy, Maynooth University ""Joe Whelan reveals another facet of the hidden Ireland, and this book gives an articulate and dignified voice to the voiceless. Hidden Voices is convincing in its originality, scholarship and confident grasp of the literature."" Cathal O'Connell, University College Cork ""What is life at the economic margins of the Irish state? Whelan offers important insights into this experience based on interviews with individuals navigating the complex worlds of work and welfare in Ireland."" Evelyn Brodkin, University of Chicago"