In this paper, using Ireland, where debt issues are of particular salience as a test case, we seek to understand the extent to which the measures currently employed as national indicators of poverty and social exclusion succeed in capturing over-indebtedness and, more broadly, severity of debt...

In this paper we employ Erikson and Goldthorpe's core model of social fluidity and a ?measured variable? approach to analyse trends in social mobility among men in the Republic of Ireland. Our analyse provides no evidence that the changes associated with industrialisation have led to the...

Gender has consistently been identified as the most controversial issue confronting class analysis. In this paper we make use of data from the Republic of Ireland to asses the extent to witch the incorporation of women into class mobility analyses requires us to alter our understanding of the...

The emergence of large scale long-term unemployment in the Republic of Ireland suggest that it might provide an interesting case in which to apply the concept of an ?underclass?. In this paper we explore the relationship between labour market marginality, social exclusion and fatalism. No...

This paper explores the relationship between sense of control and psychological distress. Rather than providing evidence for the view that rejection of responsibility for outcomes has a beneficial effect on the mental health of low status groups, our findings suggest that increments of control...

In this paper we address the question of the relative importance of within and between country differences in income and material deprivation in the European Union in the context of recent suggestions that insufficient attention has been paid to cross-national differences. In particular, we...

Attempts to explain higher rates of psychological distress among lower class people have included reference to social selection, differential exposure to stress and differential vulnerability arising from inequalities in access to resources. Our analysis draws on data from a national survey of...