Professor Tony Fahey PhD MA BA
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Biography:
| Professor Fahey has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (1982). He was a member of the Sociology Department in St Patrick's College Maynooth from 1987 to 1992 and was at the the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, from 1992 to 2007. He has been Professor of Social Policy in University College Dublin since April 2007. His research deals with a range of issues connected to social policy in Ireland and the European Union, including family dynamics, housing, poverty and spatial aspects of disadvantage and of policy responses to disadvantage. Current projects include a detailed analysis of family well-being in Ireland based on the data from the Growing Up in Ireland survey and an international study on the impact of social inequalities on family patterns in European countries.
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Research Interests
| Research interests: Family dynamics and family policy in Ireland and Europe; Living conditions and social inequality in the enlarged EU; social policy and social services in Ireland; social housing. Current projects include an analysis of family relationships and family well-being in Ireland, based on data from the Growing Up in Ireland survey (funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Science and by the Family Support Agency) and an international study on the impact of social inequalities on family patterns in European.
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Research Projects
| Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) Title : Family Relationships and Family Well-being: a study of the families of nine year-olds in Ireland Start Date / End Date : 17-DEC-10 / 31-DEC-11 |
| Sponsor : The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Title : Households and Family Structure in Ireland: An analysis of Census 2006 Start Date / End Date : 01-JUL-10 / 30-OCT-10 |
Books
| Fahey, T., Hayes C. and Sinnott R; (2005) Conflict and Consensus: A Study of Values and Attitudes in the Republic of Ireland. Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. [Details] |
Barrett, Alan & Coleman, Kieran & Delaney, Liam & Fahey, Tony & Gannon, Brenda & Kearney, Ide & McCarthy, Yvonne & Nolan, Brian & Walsh, John R; (2006) Budget Perspectives 2007. Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).  [Details] |
| Delaney, Liam & Fahey, Tony; (2005) Social and Economic Value of Sport in Ireland. Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Details] |
| Fahey, Tony & Delaney, Liam & Gannon, Brenda; (2005) School Children and Sport in Ireland. Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). [Details] |
| Fahey, T., Hayes C. and Sinnott R; (2005) Conflict and Consensus: A Study of Values and Attitudes in the Republic of Ireland. Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. [Details] |
| T. Fahey, B. Hayes and R. Sinnott ; (2005) Consensus and Conflict. A study of values and attitudes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Leiden/Boston; Dublin: Brill Academic Publishers (Leiden/Boston); Institute of Public Administration (Dublin). [Details] | |||||||||
| B. Nolan, with T. Fahey and C.T. Whelan; (2003) Monitoring Quality of Life in Europe. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey, Brian Nolan, Bertrand Maitre; (2004) Housing, Poverty and Wealth in Ireland. Dublin: Combat Poverty Agency. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey, Helen Russell; (2001) Family Formation in Ireland: Trends, Data Needs and Implications. Dublin: Economic and Social Research Institute. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey, John Fitzgerald; (1997) Welfare Implications of Demographic Trends. Dublin: Oak Tree Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey, Maureen Lyons; (1995) Marital Breakdown and Family Law in the Republic of Ireland. A sociological study. Dublin: Oak Tree Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (1995) Health and Social Care Implications of Population Ageing in Ireland, 1991-2011. Dublin: National Council for the Elderly. [Details] | |||||||||
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Book Chapters
| Delaney, L., Fahey, T.; (2006) 'The Financing of Horse Racing in Ireland' In: Callan, T (eds). Budget Perspectives 2007. Dublin: ESRI. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey, Michelle Norris; (2010) 'Housing' In: Herbet Obinger, Chris Pierson, Francis G Castles, Stephan Leibfried, Jane Lewis (eds). Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [DOI] [Details] |
| Tony Fahey; (2011) 'Ireland' In: Q Skinner (eds). Families and States in Western Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey; (2009) 'The EU's Identity Deficit: what it is and why it is important' In: Olaf Cramme (eds). Rescuing the European Project: EU legitimacy, governance and security. London: Policy Network. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey; (2009) 'Population' In: Stephan Immerfall & Goran Therborn (eds). Handbook of European Societies: Social Transformation in the 21st Century. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Verlag. [DOI] [Details] |
| Norris, M and Fahey, T; (2008) 'Ireland' In: Cowans, J and Maclennan, D (eds). Visions for Social Housing: International Perspectives. London: Smith Institute. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2008) 'Fertility patterns and aspirations' In: Handbook of Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union. London: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| Bernadette Hayes and Tony Fahey; (2008) 'Protestants and politics in the Republic of Ireland: is integration complete?' In: Mervyn Busteed, Frank Neal, Jonathan Tonge (eds). Irish Protestant Identities. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (2008) 'Ageing, the labour market and retirement' In: Patricia Kennedy, Suzanne Quin (eds). Ageing and Social Policy in Ireland. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan; (2007) 'Quality of life after the boom' In: The Best of Times? The social impact of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2007) 'How do we feel? Economic boom and happiness' In: The Best of Times? The social impact of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and D. Duffy; (2007) 'The housing boom' In: The Best of Times? The social impact of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and R. Layte; (2007) 'Family and sexuality' In: The Best of Times? The social impact of the Celtic Tiger in Ireland. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (2007) 'Population' In: Sara O'Sullivan (eds). Contemporary Ireland: A sociological map. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and L. Delaney; (2006) 'State support for the horse racing industry in Ireland' In: T. Callan (eds). Budget perspectives 2007. Dublin: The Economic and Social Reserch Institute. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2006) 'Family and family policy' In: S. Healy, B. Reynolds and M. Collins (eds). Social Policy in Ireland. Principles, Practice and Problems. 2nd edition. Dublin: Liffey Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and B. Nolan; (2005) 'Housing expenditures, housing poverty and housing wealth: Irish home owners in comparative context' In: M. Norris and D. Redmond (eds). Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| R. Layte, P. O'Connell, T. Fahey and S. McCoy; (2005) 'Ireland and economic globalization. The experiences of a small open economy' In: H-P Blossfeld, E Klijzing, M Mills and K Kurz (eds). Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society. Oxford and New York: Routledge. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2005) 'Fertility aspirations and outcomes in Europe' In: J. Alber and W. Merkel (eds). Jahrbuch-2005 den Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. Berlin: Edition Sigma. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and B. Maître; (2004) 'Housing and social inequality in Ireland' In: K. Kurz and H-P. Blossfeld (eds). Housing and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective. Stanford: Stanford University Press. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and E. Smyth; (2004) 'The link between subjective well-being and objective conditions in European societies' In: W.A. Arts and L.C.J.M. Halman (eds). European Values at the Turn of the Millennium. Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2003) 'Entries on 'divorce', 'family', 'family planning', 'fertility' and 'non-marital births'' In: The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2002) 'Is atheism increasing? Ireland and Europe compared' In: Eoin G. Cassidy (eds). Measuring Ireland: Discerning Values and Beliefs. Dublin: Veritas. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2001) 'Money, spirituality and the religious congregations' In: M. J. Breen (eds). Fire in the Forest. Religious life in Ireland. Dublin: Veritas. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2001) 'Housing and local government' In: Mary E. Daly (eds). County and Town: One Hundred Years of Local Government in Ireland. RTÉ Thomas Davis Lecture Series. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey, H. Russell and E. Smyth; (2000) 'Gender equality, fertility decline and labour market patterns among women in Ireland' In: in B. Nolan, P.J. O'Connell and C.T. Whelan (eds). Bust to Boom. The Irish Experience of Growth and Inequality. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
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Edited Books
| Jens Alber, Tony Fahey and Chiara Saraceno (Ed.). (2008) Handbook of Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union. London: Routledge. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan (Ed.). (2008) Quality of Life in Ireland: the Impact of Economic Boom. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan (Ed.). (2007) Best of Times? The Social Impact of the Celtic Tiger. Dublin and Dordrecht: Institute of Public Administration and Springer Verlag. [Details] |
| Tony Fahey (Ed.). (1999) Social Housing in Ireland. A study of success, failure and lessons learned. Dublin: Oak Tree Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Tony Fahey; (2012) 'Small Bang? The impact of divorce legislation on marital breakdown in Ireland'. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Familly, 26 (2). [Details] |
| Fahey, T and Norris, M; (2011) 'Housing in the Welfare State: Rethinking the Concepual Foundations of Comparative Housing Policy Analysis'. International Journal of Housing Policy, 11 (4):406-452. [Details] |
| Norris, M and Fahey, T; (2011) 'From Asset Based Welfare to Welfare Housing: The Changing Meaning of Social Housing in Ireland'. Housing Studies, 26 (3):459-469. [DOI] [Details] |
| Fahey T and Fanning B ; (2010) 'Immigration and Socio-Spatial Segregation in Dublin, 1996-2006'. Urban Studies, 47 (8):1626-1642. [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (2007) 'The case for an EU-wide measure of poverty'. European Sociological Review, 23 (1). [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (2006) 'State financial support for horse racing in Ireland'. Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey & E. Smyth ; (2004) 'Do subjective indicators measure welfare? Evidence from 33 European societies'. European Societies (Journal of the European Sociological Association), 6 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2003) 'Is there a trade-off between pensions and home ownership? An exploration of the Irish case'. Journal of European Social Policy, 13 (2). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2002) 'The family economy in the development of welfare regimes: a case study'. European Sociological Review, 18 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2001) 'Trends in Irish fertility rates in comparative perspective'. Economic and Social Review, 32 (2). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (1995) 'Privacy and the family: conceptual and empirical reflections'. Sociology, 29 (4). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (1993) 'Review article ' women in the labour market in Ireland'. Economic and Social Review, 24 (2). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (1992) 'Housework, the household economy and economic development in Ireland since the 1920s'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 2 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (1992) 'State, family and compulsory schooling in Ireland'. Economic and Social Review, 23 (4). [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (1990) 'Measuring the female labour supply: conceptual and procedural problems in Irish official statistics'. Economic and Social Review, 21 (2). [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (1984) 'Text and context in interpreting a text - a reply to Camic'. American Journal of Sociology, 89 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| Tony Fahey; (1982) 'Max Weber's 'Ancient Judaism''. American Journal of Sociology, 88 (1). [Details] | |||||||||
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Other Journals
| T. Fahey and M. Sutton ; (2000) 'An abundance of aid: Some challenges facing the Irish government and NGOs' Trócaire Development Review . [Details] |
| J. Fitz Gerald, T. Fahey and B. Maître ; (1998) 'The economic and social implications of population change' Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland xxviii (v) . [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (1996) 'Ireland after divorce ' is individualism the problem?' The Furrow 47 (1) . [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (1996) 'Trócaire Development Review' Overseas study and development . [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (1994) 'The church and culture: Growth and decline of churchly religion' Studies 83 (332) . [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (1976) 'The problem of meaning in the sociology of religion' Social Studies 6 (2) . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2004) 'The housing boom in Ireland: causes, effects on affordability, and policy responses' Housing Finance International . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2004) 'Housing affordability: Is the real problem in the private rented sector?'' Quarterly Economic Commentary (ESRI) . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2003) 'The role of social housing' Irish Banking Review . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2003) 'Review of L Paterson, F Bechhofer and David McCrone, Living in Scoland. Social and Economic Change since 1980' Scottish Affairs . [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey; (2001) 'Religion in an age of prosperity' Studies . [Details] | |||||||||
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Published Reports
| Fahey, T., Keilthy, P., & Polek, E. (2012) Family Relationships and Family Well-Being: A Study of the Families of Nine Year-Olds in Ireland. Family Support Agency, Dublin. [Details] |
| Pete Lunn & Tony Fahey; (2011) Households and Family Structures in Ireland: a Detailed Statistical Analysis of Census 2006. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin. [Details] |
| Fahey, T, Norris, M, McCafferty, D and Humphreys, E; (2011) Combating Social Disadvantage in Social Housing Estates: the policy implications of a ten year follow up study. Combat Poverty Agency/Department of Social Protection, Dublin. [Details] |
| Pete Lunn, Tony Fahey and Carmel Hannan; (2009) Family Figures: Family Dynamic and Family Types in Ireland. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin. [Details] |
| Delaney, L. & Fahey, T.; (2005) The Social and Economic Value of Sport in Ireland. ESRI, Dublin. [Details] |
| Fahey, T., Delaney, L., Gannon, B.,; (2005) School Children and Sport in Ireland. ESRI, Dublin. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey, C.T. Whelan and B. Maitre; (2005) First European Quality of Life Survey: Income Inequalities and Deprivation. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. [Details] | |||||||||
| T. Fahey and Z. Spéder; (2004) Fertility and Family Issues in an Enlarged Europe. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. [Details] | |||||||||
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Reports
| T. Fahey, B. Nolan and B. Maitre; (2004) Housing, Poverty and Wealth in Ireland. Dublin: Reports [Details] |
| H. Russell and T. Fahey; (2004) Ageing and Labour Market Participation. Dublin: Reports [Details] |
| T. Fahey, B. Nolan and C.T. Whelan ; (2003) Monitoring Quality of Life in Europe. Luxembourg: Reports [Details] |
| T. Fahey and H. Russell ; (2002) Older People's Preferences for Employment and Retirement in Ireland. Dublin: Reports [Details] |
| T. Fahey and H. Russell ; (2001) Family Formation in Ireland. Trends, Data Needs and Implications. Dublin: Reports [Details] |
| T. Fahey; (2000) Capacity Building in the Irish Bi-Lateral Aid Programme. Dublin: Reports [Details] | |||||||||
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Monographs:- Peer Reviewed
| L. Delaney and T. Fahey; (2005) The Social and Economic Value of Sport in Ireland. Dublin: Monographs:- Peer Reviewed [Details] |
| T. Fahey, R. Layte and B. Gannon; (2004) Sports Participation and Health among Adults in Ireland. Dublin: Monographs:- Peer Reviewed [Details] |
Education
| Year 1982 Institution: University of Illinois, IL, USA Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1973 Institution: NUI Maynooth, IRL Qualification: BA Subject: |
| Year 1976 Institution: NUI Maynooth, IRL Qualification: MA Subject: |