Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures, tables and boxes vii
4. List of abbreviations viii
5. Notes on contributors xi
6. Editors’ introduction to the seriesr xv
7. Acknowledgements xvii
8. Foreword xix
9. Preface xxiii
10. Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland 1
11. History, styles and methods of policy analysis in Ireland
12. The evolution of economic policy analysis in Ireland 19
13. The evolution of social policy analysis in Ireland: from a theocentric to an econocentric paradigm? 33
14. The changing policy analysis capacity of the Irish state 47
15. Introducing evidence into policy making in Ireland 63
16. Policy analysis at various levels of government: from local to the EU
17. Ireland’s ‘unique blend’: local government and policy analysis 79
18. Committees and the legislature 93
19. Policy analysis in the civil service 107
20. Europeanised policy making in Ireland 123
21. Think tanks, interest groups, political parties and gender-based policy analysis
22. The social partners and the NESC: from tripartite dialogue via common knowledge events to network knowledge 141
23. Thinks tanks and their role in policy making in Ireland 157
24. Civil society organizations and policy analysis 171
25. Political parties and the policy process 187
26. Gender expertise and policy analysis 203
27. The public, science and the media: the wider policy analysis environment in Ireland
28. Democratic innovations and policy analysis: climate policy and Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly (2016–18) 219
29. Irish science policy: a case study in evidence-based policy design for small open economies 235
30. Media discourses on the economy in Ireland: framing the policy possibilities 249
31. Index 263