Authoritarian predispositions are associated with a preference for order, certainty and security. Using data from European Social Surveys (ESS), we show that this association extends to attitudes towards redistributive ...

This report – funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland – explores the issue of energy poverty and deprivation in Ireland, once again to the forefront of the policy debate given recent increases in energy prices. Chapter ...

Current debates about senior cycle education in Ireland have raised a number of crucial questions: What effect does the Leaving Certificate exam have on young people?s learning experiences? What helps students to do well ...

Simon Wren-Lewis’s chapter in this volume outlines a general theory of austerity. Underpinning it is a desire for policymakers – as well as the social sciences – to learn from the experience of austerity over the last ...

Purpose Social patterns in bullying show consistent gender differences in adolescent perpetration and victimization with large cross-national variations. Previous research shows associations between societal gender ...

Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on ...