, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. The national contributions are preceded by an … Union (EMU). This book offers an overview of the social security system and its development in Belgium, Denmark, France …

This paper examines social security increases in Ireland as a case study of the existence of political budget cycles in … European countries. Ireland is an appropriate country to examine, first because it has a system of proportional representation … Ireland in relation to social security expenditure. It draws a number of conclusions as to the existence and incidence of …