Camilla Devitt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 312918 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Camilla Devitt |
| PRENOMES | Camilla |
| SOBRENOME | Devitt |
| ASSINATURA | DEVITT C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Trinity College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7210-3389 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 69 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Which path dependency in a hybrid institution? Legitimacy, culture and ideology in Irish elite healthcare reform plans 2000-2017
This paper explores how political actors select reform pathways in the context of institutional hybridity, with an analysis of the cognitive and normative foundations of reform plans. Focusing on two healthcare reform plans approved by Irish governments between 2011-17, I seek to explain why political actors proposed divergent reform paths, building on different elements of the existing system. I account for the content of reform plans by analysi…
Workers’ experiences in non-profit and for-profit managed asylum systems
Does the management of asylum systems by non-profit as opposed to for-profit organizations affect workers’ experiences and satisfaction? This study explores this question through interviews with workers and other stakeholders involved in the daily implementation of asylum policy in Italy and Ireland: Italy has a public system managed by civil society actors, whereas Ireland subcontracts management to for-profit actors. We find that job satisfacti…
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes
This paper applies institutionalist theories to an exploration of continuity and change in the Italian labor immigration regime between 1990 and 2020. It asks why the regime has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and investigates changes in regulatory settings since 2008. The explanation for the reproduction and inertia of the regime encompasses a logic of appropriateness, institutional functional complementarity and the political weaknes…
Street-Level Bureaucrats in the Irish Privatised Asylum Regime
Forced migration to Europe is growing in numbers and salience. In response, EU asylum services have been increasingly securitised, externalised and privatised. We investigate the functioning of marketised asylum regimes through the perspective of street-level bureaucrats (workers, civil servants and volunteers) working in the Irish asylum system, the only completely privatised asylum system in the EU. Interviews show that street-level bureaucrats…
Frames of forced migration
What Obstructs Health Policy Implementation? A Multi-Method Qualitative Case Study of the Delayed Deployment of Community Pharmacies in Ireland's National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were months of delay in deploying community pharmacies for the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Ireland. We aimed to explore what may have accounted for this delay between 15th December 2020 (publication of policies) and 14th June 2021 (commencement of community pharmacy-based vaccination). We carried out a multi-method qualitative case study that involved engaging with 11 stakeholders, reviewing 246 …
Beyond financial constraints
This article investigates the main factors influencing the success of welfare reforms in the context of crises. It focuses on the healthcare reform plan proposed in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Recession, which aimed at the establishment of a universal health system but was only very partially implemented. As the plan would have required an increase in public expenditure, it may be expected that cost concerns explain the overall reform o…
Onwards and upwards? The educational and occupational expectations of Irish teens of migrant descent
While students of immigrant origin often face difficulties during their school career, their educational aspirations and expectations have been found to be relatively high. Less is known, however, about the aspirations and expectations of students of migrant descent in more recent countries of immigration. Furthermore, occupational expectations have received less attention in the literature. Drawing on data from a nationally representative longit…
Health Politics in Europe
Shaping labour migration to Italy
This article critically examines the existing explanations for the initiation and perpetuation of labour migration to Italy between the 1970s and early 2000s and highlights the role of labour market institutions in shaping demand for migrant labour. It posits that the institutions governing the labour market in Italy have contributed to creating demand for migrant workers first by generating a significant amount of low-standard employment and sec…
Accessing healthcare in times of economic growth and economic downturn
This article examines the accessibility of healthcare in Ireland between 2003 and 2011 in the context of strong economic growth (2003–2007) and the subsequent financial crisis, which began in 2008. It investigates, in particular, changes in self-reported difficulties in accessing healthcare with regard to distance to health services, waiting times for appointments and the costs of seeing a doctor, and identifies particular risk factors that incre…
Comparative political economy and international migration
n\t\n\t\tThis article provides an overview of the literature connecting comparative political economy and international migration in advanced industrialized countries with a focus on the relationship between labour migration, labour markets and welfare institutions. Immigration flows and policies are considered both as independent (how migration shapes capitalist institutions) and dependent variables (how migration flows and policies are shaped b…
Mothers or Migrants? Labor Supply Policies in Ireland 1997–2007
This article analyses Irish labor supply policies in the context of full male employment between 1997 and 2007, exploring whether policymakers made a choice between facilitating the employment of resident mothers by means of developing childcare infrastructure and opening up the labor market to foreign workers. I find that the Irish state did not make an explicit choice between the two labor supplies. However, while labor immigration was greatly …
Government Responses to Foreign Worker Demand During Economic Crises
With the aim of developing existing theories of labour immigration policy, I focus on the question of persisting demand for foreign workers during economic downturns and how governments attempt to respond to this. The argument is that, apart from turning a blind eye to irregular labour migration, there are two ways in which governments respond to demand for migrant labour during economic hard times. First, despite a rhetorical emphasis on restric…
Varieties of Capitalism, Variation in Labour Immigration
Existing theories of labour migration are inadequate explanations for variation in levels and types of economic immigration across states. I argue that socio-economic regime variation has contributed to quantitative and qualitative variation in migrant labour across Western Europe over recent decades. Western European economic and labour market institutions generate low-paid, low-skilled employment—where migrant workers tend to concentrate—to dif…
The migrant worker factor in labour market policy reform
Research on labour market policy reform in Western Europe has given insufficient attention to the ‘migrant worker factor’. Concerns about reduced availability of migrant workers, as well as more traditional concerns regarding labour market competition and socio-cultural integration, can catalyze a shift in labour market policy. I present recent cases of reform in the vocational education and training arena in Ireland and the UK, which were partly…
Comparative political economy and international migration
n\t\n\t\tThis article provides an overview of the literature connecting comparative political economy and international migration in advanced industrialized countries with a focus on the relationship between labour migration, labour markets and welfare institutions. Immigration flows and policies are considered both as independent (how migration shapes capitalist institutions) and dependent variables (how migration flows and policies are shaped b…
Mothers or Migrants? Labor Supply Policies in Ireland 1997–2007
This article analyses Irish labor supply policies in the context of full male employment between 1997 and 2007, exploring whether policymakers made a choice between facilitating the employment of resident mothers by means of developing childcare infrastructure and opening up the labor market to foreign workers. I find that the Irish state did not make an explicit choice between the two labor supplies. However, while labor immigration was greatly …
Varieties of Capitalism, Variation in Labour Immigration
Existing theories of labour migration are inadequate explanations for variation in levels and types of economic immigration across states. I argue that socio-economic regime variation has contributed to quantitative and qualitative variation in migrant labour across Western Europe over recent decades. Western European economic and labour market institutions generate low-paid, low-skilled employment—where migrant workers tend to concentrate—to dif…
Shaping labour migration to Italy
This article critically examines the existing explanations for the initiation and perpetuation of labour migration to Italy between the 1970s and early 2000s and highlights the role of labour market institutions in shaping demand for migrant labour. It posits that the institutions governing the labour market in Italy have contributed to creating demand for migrant workers first by generating a significant amount of low-standard employment and sec…
Accessing healthcare in times of economic growth and economic downturn
This article examines the accessibility of healthcare in Ireland between 2003 and 2011 in the context of strong economic growth (2003–2007) and the subsequent financial crisis, which began in 2008. It investigates, in particular, changes in self-reported difficulties in accessing healthcare with regard to distance to health services, waiting times for appointments and the costs of seeing a doctor, and identifies particular risk factors that incre…
Government Responses to Foreign Worker Demand During Economic Crises
With the aim of developing existing theories of labour immigration policy, I focus on the question of persisting demand for foreign workers during economic downturns and how governments attempt to respond to this. The argument is that, apart from turning a blind eye to irregular labour migration, there are two ways in which governments respond to demand for migrant labour during economic hard times. First, despite a rhetorical emphasis on restric…
Beyond financial constraints
This article investigates the main factors influencing the success of welfare reforms in the context of crises. It focuses on the healthcare reform plan proposed in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Recession, which aimed at the establishment of a universal health system but was only very partially implemented. As the plan would have required an increase in public expenditure, it may be expected that cost concerns explain the overall reform o…
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes
This paper applies institutionalist theories to an exploration of continuity and change in the Italian labor immigration regime between 1990 and 2020. It asks why the regime has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and investigates changes in regulatory settings since 2008. The explanation for the reproduction and inertia of the regime encompasses a logic of appropriateness, institutional functional complementarity and the political weaknes…
The migrant worker factor in labour market policy reform
Research on labour market policy reform in Western Europe has given insufficient attention to the ‘migrant worker factor’. Concerns about reduced availability of migrant workers, as well as more traditional concerns regarding labour market competition and socio-cultural integration, can catalyze a shift in labour market policy. I present recent cases of reform in the vocational education and training arena in Ireland and the UK, which were partly…
Varieties of Capitalism, Variation in Labour Immigration
Existing theories of labour migration are inadequate explanations for variation in levels and types of economic immigration across states. I argue that socio-economic regime variation has contributed to quantitative and qualitative variation in migrant labour across Western Europe over recent decades. Western European economic and labour market institutions generate low-paid, low-skilled employment—where migrant workers tend to concentrate—to dif…
Government Responses to Foreign Worker Demand During Economic Crises
With the aim of developing existing theories of labour immigration policy, I focus on the question of persisting demand for foreign workers during economic downturns and how governments attempt to respond to this. The argument is that, apart from turning a blind eye to irregular labour migration, there are two ways in which governments respond to demand for migrant labour during economic hard times. First, despite a rhetorical emphasis on restric…
Mothers or Migrants? Labor Supply Policies in Ireland 1997–2007
This article analyses Irish labor supply policies in the context of full male employment between 1997 and 2007, exploring whether policymakers made a choice between facilitating the employment of resident mothers by means of developing childcare infrastructure and opening up the labor market to foreign workers. I find that the Irish state did not make an explicit choice between the two labor supplies. However, while labor immigration was greatly …
Comparative political economy and international migration
n\t\n\t\tThis article provides an overview of the literature connecting comparative political economy and international migration in advanced industrialized countries with a focus on the relationship between labour migration, labour markets and welfare institutions. Immigration flows and policies are considered both as independent (how migration shapes capitalist institutions) and dependent variables (how migration flows and policies are shaped b…
Accessing healthcare in times of economic growth and economic downturn
This article examines the accessibility of healthcare in Ireland between 2003 and 2011 in the context of strong economic growth (2003–2007) and the subsequent financial crisis, which began in 2008. It investigates, in particular, changes in self-reported difficulties in accessing healthcare with regard to distance to health services, waiting times for appointments and the costs of seeing a doctor, and identifies particular risk factors that incre…
Shaping labour migration to Italy
This article critically examines the existing explanations for the initiation and perpetuation of labour migration to Italy between the 1970s and early 2000s and highlights the role of labour market institutions in shaping demand for migrant labour. It posits that the institutions governing the labour market in Italy have contributed to creating demand for migrant workers first by generating a significant amount of low-standard employment and sec…
Health Politics in Europe
Beyond financial constraints
This article investigates the main factors influencing the success of welfare reforms in the context of crises. It focuses on the healthcare reform plan proposed in Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Recession, which aimed at the establishment of a universal health system but was only very partially implemented. As the plan would have required an increase in public expenditure, it may be expected that cost concerns explain the overall reform o…
Onwards and upwards? The educational and occupational expectations of Irish teens of migrant descent
While students of immigrant origin often face difficulties during their school career, their educational aspirations and expectations have been found to be relatively high. Less is known, however, about the aspirations and expectations of students of migrant descent in more recent countries of immigration. Furthermore, occupational expectations have received less attention in the literature. Drawing on data from a nationally representative longit…
What Obstructs Health Policy Implementation? A Multi-Method Qualitative Case Study of the Delayed Deployment of Community Pharmacies in Ireland's National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were months of delay in deploying community pharmacies for the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme in Ireland. We aimed to explore what may have accounted for this delay between 15th December 2020 (publication of policies) and 14th June 2021 (commencement of community pharmacy-based vaccination). We carried out a multi-method qualitative case study that involved engaging with 11 stakeholders, reviewing 246 …
Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes
This paper applies institutionalist theories to an exploration of continuity and change in the Italian labor immigration regime between 1990 and 2020. It asks why the regime has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and investigates changes in regulatory settings since 2008. The explanation for the reproduction and inertia of the regime encompasses a logic of appropriateness, institutional functional complementarity and the political weaknes…
Street-Level Bureaucrats in the Irish Privatised Asylum Regime
Forced migration to Europe is growing in numbers and salience. In response, EU asylum services have been increasingly securitised, externalised and privatised. We investigate the functioning of marketised asylum regimes through the perspective of street-level bureaucrats (workers, civil servants and volunteers) working in the Irish asylum system, the only completely privatised asylum system in the EU. Interviews show that street-level bureaucrats…
Frames of forced migration
Which path dependency in a hybrid institution? Legitimacy, culture and ideology in Irish elite healthcare reform plans 2000-2017
This paper explores how political actors select reform pathways in the context of institutional hybridity, with an analysis of the cognitive and normative foundations of reform plans. Focusing on two healthcare reform plans approved by Irish governments between 2011-17, I seek to explain why political actors proposed divergent reform paths, building on different elements of the existing system. I account for the content of reform plans by analysi…
Workers’ experiences in non-profit and for-profit managed asylum systems
Does the management of asylum systems by non-profit as opposed to for-profit organizations affect workers’ experiences and satisfaction? This study explores this question through interviews with workers and other stakeholders involved in the daily implementation of asylum policy in Italy and Ireland: Italy has a public system managed by civil society actors, whereas Ireland subcontracts management to for-profit actors. We find that job satisfacti…
Economics (12 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (11 obras) · Political science (11 obras) · Politics (8 obras) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (7 obras) · Economic growth (6 obras) · Immigration (6 obras) · Irish (6 obras) · Labour economics (6 obras) · Market economy (6 obras)