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Book SynopsisLeading Irish academics and policy practitioners present a comprehensive study of policy analysis in Ireland. Contributors investigate the roles of the EU, the public, science, the media and gender expertise in policy analysis. This text examines policy analysis at different levels of government and identifies future challenges for policy analysis.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland ~ John Hogan and Mary P. Murphy Part I: History, styles, and methods of policy analysis in Ireland The evolution of economic policy analysis in Ireland ~ Clare O’Mahony The evolution of social policy analysis in Ireland ~ Fiona Dukelow The changing policy analysis capacity of the Irish State ~ Muris MacCarthaigh Introducing evidence into policy making in Ireland ~ Frances Ruane Part II: Policy analysis at various levels of government; from local to the EU Ireland’s ‘unique blend’ – local government and policy analysis ~ Aodh Quinlivan Committees and the legislature ~ Bernadette Connaughton Policy analysis in the civil service ~ Richard Boyle and Joanna O’Riordan Europeanized policy making in Ireland ~ Mary C. Murphy Part III: Think tanks, interest groups, political parties and gender-based policy analysis The social partners and the NESC: From tripartite dialogue via common knowledge events to network knowledge ~ Rory O’Donnell Thinks tanks and their role in policy making in Ireland ~ Chris McInerney Civil society organisations and policy analysis - Mary P. Murphy and Orla O’Connor Political parties and the policy process ~ Maura Adshead and Diarmuid Scully Gender expertise and policy analysis ~ Pauline Cullen Part IV: The public, science and the media - the wider policy analysis environment in Ireland Democratic innovations and policy analysis: Climate policy and Ireland’s citizens’ assembly (2016-2018) ~ Clodagh Harris Irish science policy - a case-study in evidence-based policy design for small open economies ~ Eoin Cullina, Jason Harold and John McHale Media discourses on the economy in Ireland: Framing the policy possibilities ~ Brendan K. O’Rourke
