Books By Patricia (University College Dublin, Ireland) Kennedy - Author

Patricia Kennedy is a writer and researcher. She was a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the School of Applied Social Science, University College Dublin, Ireland, from 1995 until 2014. She has written extensively on motherhood and maternity policies in Ireland. Her areas of interest include: conceptual and theoretical approaches to social policy; health policy; consumers’ involvement in maternity policy; sexual and reproductive health; migration; comparative social policy; and evidence-based policy. Her books include: Welcoming the Stranger: Irish Migrant Welfare in Britain from 1957 (2015); Key Themes in Social Policy (2013); Motherhood in Ireland: Creation and Context (2004); and Maternity in Ireland: a Woman-centred Perspective (2002). She has co-edited several books, including: Ageing and Social Policy (2008); Theorizing Irish Social Policy (2004); Contemporary Irish Social Policy (2005, 1999); and Irish Social Policy in Context (1999). She has undertaken research and published on domestic violence, the