Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future? (Law, Technology and Media)

Allin, Sara

McDonald, Fiona

Tuohy, Carolyn Hughes

Duckett, Stephen

Burke, Sara

Hurley, Jeremiah

Thomas,Stephen

Dawson, Danielle

Marchildon, Gregory P

Quesnel-Vallée, Amélie

McKay, Rachel

Barry, Sarah

Doetter, Lorraine Frisina

Farmanara, Noushon

Gruben, Vanessa

Jackman, Martha

Johnston, Bridget

Mullen, Jonathan

Or, Zeynep

Pierre, Aurélie

Rudoler, David

Schmid, Achim

Siersbaek, Rikke

Thoma, Bryan

Specialties

University of Ottawa Press

Health services are at the top of the public and political agenda in Ireland. They dominate media coverage, incite passion and protests, and either enable or prevent people from living longer, healthier lives. Yet much of the rhetoric and discussion is confused; much of the spin inaccurate. Most people are unable to understand why the Irish health system is the way it is. This book demystifies and explains health services in Ireland. Going beyond the political rhetoric and media hysteria, it provides an understanding of this byzantine, unequal, dysfunctional system. The book exposes the apartheid that characterizes healthcare in Ireland, drawing on ordinary people's experiences, interviews with health professionals, and policy documents. Irish Apartheid should be required reading for policymakers, politicians, and health professionals.

Irish Apartheid: Healthcare Inequality in Ireland

History

Europe

New Island

This is an open access book.\nThe start of the 21st century has seen the world shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the Yellow Vests, from the Occupy movement to the social uprisings in Latin America. There are periods in history when large numbers of people have rebelled against the way things are, demanding change, such as in 1848, 1917, and 1968. Today we are living in another time of outrage and discontent, a time that has already produced some of the largest protests in world history. 
This book analyzes almost three thousand protests that occurred between 2006 and 2020 in 101 countries covering over 93 per cent of the world population. The study focuses on the major demands driving world protests, such as those for real democracy, jobs, public services, social protection, civil rights, global justice, and those against austerity and corruption. It also analyzes who was demonstrating in each protest; what protest methods they used; who the protestors opposed; what was achieved; whether protests were repressed; and trends such as inequality and the rise of women’s and radical right protests. The book concludes that the demands of protestors in most of the protests surveyed are in full accordance with human rights and internationally agreed-upon UN development goals. The book calls for policy-makers to listen and act on these demands.\nFrom the Back Cover\nThis is an open access book.\nThe start of the 21st century has seen the world shaken by protests, from the Arab Spring to the Yellow Vests, from the Occupy movement to the social uprisings in Latin America. There are periods in history when large numbers of people have rebelled against the way things are, demanding change, such as in 1848, 1917, and 1968. Today we are living in another time of outrage and discontent, a time that has already produced some of the largest protests in world history. 
This book analyzes almost three thousand protests that occurred between 2006 and 2020 in 101 countries covering over 93 per cent of the world population. The study focuses on the major demands driving world protests, such as those for real democracy, jobs, public services, social protection, civil rights, global justice, and those against austerity and corruption. It also analyzes who was demonstrating in each protest; what protest methods they used; who the protestors opposed; what was achieved; whether protests were repressed; and trends such as inequality and the rise of women’s and radical right protests. The book concludes that the demands of protestors in most of the protests surveyed are in full accordance with human rights and internationally agreed-upon UN development goals. The book calls for policy-makers to listen and act on these demands. 
Isabel Ortiz is Director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, USA, and former Director at the United Nations’ International Labor Organization and UNICEF. 
Sara Burke is Senior Policy Analyst at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung New York, USA. 
Mohamed Berrada is a Senior Economist and Independent Consultant.\nHernán Saenz Cortés is Senior Researcher on Inequality and Tax and Advocacy Coordinator on European Union - Latin America relations at OXFAM.

World Protests: A Study of Key Protest Issues in the 21st Century

Politics & Social Sciences

Ortiz, Isabel

Berrada, Mohamed

Saenz Cortés, Hernán

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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