Non-Fiction - TASC
TASC – a Think Tank for Action on Social Change – is an independent think tank committed to radical thinking leading to progressive social change in Ireland. Seeking new ideas and developing alternative policy solutions, its publications give expression to diversity of perspectives within an overall commitment to a more equal society. Established in 2001, TASC was founded to create a space for dialogue between citizens, researchers, politicians, policy makers and civil society activists from which comes new evidence-based ideas informing campaigns for change. New Island is TASC’s publishing partner.
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After the BallWritten by Fintan O'Toole.What is the legacy of the Celtic Tiger? Is it the death of communal values? Or the triumph of profit? As a new generation of Irish people are born into a post-boom Ireland, Fintan O’Toole asks if the Celtic Tiger has irrevocably turned both on itself, and its people. |
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Choosing Your Future: How to Reform Ireland's Pension SystemWritten by Jim Stewart.Edited by Jim Stewart and Gerard Hughes, and following on from Jim Stewart's For Richer, For Poorer, published in 2005, Choosing Your Future compares to public and private pension systems in Ireland, looking at the demographics involved, the performance of each and the proposed schemes to deal with the shortfall. In a series of closely argued expert papers, the contributors to this book expose the many negative outcomes of the ill-considered pension policy. |
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Engaging Citizens: The Case for Democratic Renewal in IrelandWritten by Clodagh Harris.Edited by Clodagh Harris, Engaging Citizens is the Report of the Democracy Commission. The Democracy Commission was an independent commission formed of people from across the spectrum of Irish society, who considered the increasing disconnection from even the most basic forms of democratic participation in decision-making for large groups of people. |
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For Richer, For Poorer: An Investigation of the Irish Pension SystemWritten by Jim Stewart.With current pension policy widening income inequality in Irish society, a large proportion of our pensioners, particularly women, will be without adequate income in their old age. Edited by Jim Stewart, For Richer, For Poorer gives a radical critique of our pension system, outlining key proposals on what should constitute a pension strategy for Ireland. |
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Governing Below the Centre: Local Governance in IrelandWritten by Deiric O'Broin.In Governing Below the Centre, authors Deiric Ó Broin and Eugene Waters assess the state of local governance in Ireland.Local governance is a concept that extends beyond the well-understood structures of local government which include county, city and town councils, to a much broader set of agencies. The local governance structure in Ireland is characterised by a large number of agencies - 22 distinct types totalling 491 across the country. |