• Trauma-informed care research: Implications for foster care practice 

  Lotty, Maria (CYC-Net Press, 2020)

  The current status of the effectiveness of trauma-informed interventions for foster carers can be described as an emergent body of knowledge. This paper examines the implications of trauma-informed care research recently ...
• How our generosity for charities exposes the failure of state 

  Whelan, Joe (Raidió Teilifís Éireann, 2020-12-15)
• Spectres of Goffman: Impression management in the Irish welfare space 

  Whelan, Joe (SAGE Publications, 2020-12-31)

  The Goffmanian thesis of stigma occurring as an aspect of “spoiled identity” has arguably provided the dominant theoretical understanding of social stigma over the past half century. Yet, there have also been strong critiques ...
• An exploration of the role of trauma-informed care in fostering stability 

  Lotty, Maria (Irish Association of Social Workers, 2020-12)

  Fostering stability is at the core of foster care as it is the pathway for children to experience enduring relationships (Vanderwill et al., 2020). However, in practice, achieving stability can be challenging as it is a ...
• Recommodification and the welfare state in re/financialised austerity capitalism: Further eroding social citizenship? 

  Dukelow, Fiona (Cambridge University Press, 2020-10-19)

  This article reviews the recommodification of social policy in the context of financialised austerity capitalism and post-crisis welfare states. It sets out an understanding of recommodification as a multiple set of processes ...

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