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Manchester University Press Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act Irish
Book SynopsisTraces Ireland’s introduction of FOI legislation and considers its use and operation from a series of perspectives, looking at the Irish experience in a truly international contextTable of ContentsIntroduction – Maura Adshead and Tom Felle1. International trends in freedom of information – Nat O’Connor2. Two steps forward and one step back: political culture and FOI – Maura Adshead 3. Freedom of information and national security: where’s the harm in that? – Jennifer Kavanagh 4. Freedom of information and policing: still a very secret service – Richard Dowling 5. FOI and public trust in parliament – Mark Mulqueen6. Freedom of information and the media – a case of delay, deny, defeat? – Conor Ryan7. A glass half full or half empty? Citizens’ experiences with FOI – Tom Felle and Gavin Sheridan8. Reflections on freedom of information: past, present and future – Eithne FitzGerald, John Carroll and Peter TyndallConclusion – Maura Adshead, Tom Felle and Nat O’ConnorIndex
£81.00
Manchester University Press Contesting the state
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, its history and evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic boom. Containing contributions from some of the leading authorities on the subject, it offers an in-depth analysis of a state widely seen as a model of success in this globalised era. -- .Table of ContentsContentsFigures and tablesContributorsAcknowledgements1. Ireland as a model of success: contesting the Irish state – Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar2. From empire to Europe: the Irish state 1922–73 – J. J. Lee3. State autonomy, state capacity and the patterning of politics in theIrish state – Maura Adshead4. The partnership state – Rory O’Donnell5. Social inclusion and the welfare state: who cares? – Michelle Millar6. Ireland as a “competition state” – Peadar Kirby and Mary Murphy7. The Irish patriarchal state: continuity and change – Pat O’Connor8. Competing state projects in the contemporary Irish political economy – Seán Ó Riain9. Conclusions – Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle MillarIndex
£15.99
Manchester University Press Contesting the State Lessons from the Irish Case
Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive survey of the Irish state, its history and evolution, its nature and its role in Ireland's recent economic boom. Containing contributions from some of the leading authorities on the subject, it offers an in-depth analysis of a state widely seen as a model of success in this globalised era.Table of ContentsContentsFigures and tablesContributorsAcknowledgements1. Ireland as a model of success: contesting the Irish state – Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle Millar2. From empire to Europe: the Irish state 1922–73 – J. J. Lee3. State autonomy, state capacity and the patterning of politics in theIrish state – Maura Adshead4. The partnership state – Rory O’Donnell5. Social inclusion and the welfare state: who cares? – Michelle Millar6. Ireland as a “competition state” – Peadar Kirby and Mary Murphy7. The Irish patriarchal state: continuity and change – Pat O’Connor8. Competing state projects in the contemporary Irish political economy – Seán Ó Riain9. Conclusions – Maura Adshead, Peadar Kirby and Michelle MillarIndex
£76.50
