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Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland

Theory and Methods

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to public policy and administration in Ireland, thereby bridging the gap between general texts on public policy and policy analysis and books on Irish politics. Each chapter covers one of the key issues in policy analysis, eg. rational choice, corporatism, and then illustrates this with an empirical Irish case study. With the inclusion of further reading, overviews of main concepts and source material, the editors provide a student-friendly textbook which fills an important gap in the available literature on Irish politics and public administration.

Introduction Few people engaged in studies of public policy have managed to
avoid consideration of policy networks and the utility of network analysis. A great
deal has been written and continues to be written about their capacity to further
our understanding of the policy process. So much so that the discussion has
grown tiresome, as those of contradictory viewpoints fail to convince one another
and those of no firm view are increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of 'new
improved' ...