http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61994 2017-11-03T02:37:34Z 2017-11-03T02:37:34Z Buckley, Helen http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60770 2016-09-09T17:51:20Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Child protection practice: an ungovernable enterprise? Buckley, Helen This paper reports on a research study carried out in 1993/94, on the child protection practices of a social work team employed by a regional health board. The aim of the study was to challenge the assumption underlying official policies and procedures that child protection work is susceptible to bureaucratic management. By exploring the criteria applied by practitioners in both defining and investigating ?child abuse? allegations, the study illustrates the way in which judgements are made through an ideologically and pragmatically based framework rather than the technical/rational process implied in official guidance. The research also highlights the way in which Irish child protection work has followed an international trend of focusing narrowly on incidents which conform to a ?norm? of child abuse and ignoring the wider adversities suffered by families and children.

1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Whelan, Karl http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60519 2016-09-09T18:21:33Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Economic geography and the long-run effects of the Great Irish Famine Whelan, Karl One of the most important debates in Irish economic history has concerned the long-run effects of the Great Irish Famine, with some arguing that it had only temporary effects on the economy and others seeing it as a major demographic and economic watershed. This paper adapts the theoretical framework of Krugman (1991) to illustrate how the combination of the Famine and developments in transportation and the demand for industrial products may have worked together to cause persistent depopulation and relative industrial decline.

1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Walsh, Patrick Paul Whelan, Ciara http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60514 2016-09-09T18:51:26Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara A ban on pricing below cost was implemented under the 1987 Groceries Order based on the premise that loss leading used in multi-product retail pricing distorts competition and exploits consumers in the short run, while driving a more concentrated structure and reducing welfare in the long run. Loss leading is examined for multi-product retailers selling in imperfectly competitive market niches with imperfect consumer information. We develop a theoretical argument in a simple two-stage framework that illustrates how loss leading on a subset of products is an equilibrium outcome of price competition that leaves overall welfare equal to that observed under laissez faire.

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