Contents

pp v-vi

List of figures, tables and boxes

pp vii-vii

List of abbreviations

pp viii-x

Notes on contributors

pp xi-xiv

Editors’ introduction to the series

pp xv-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

Foreword

pp xix-xxii

Preface

pp xxiii-xxiv

one - Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland

pp 1-16

Part One: - History, styles and methods of policy analysis in Ireland

pp 17-18

two - The evolution of economic policy analysis in Ireland

pp 19-32

three - The evolution of social policy analysis in Ireland: from a theocentric to an econocentric paradigm?

pp 33-46

four - The changing policy analysis capacity of the Irish state

pp 47-62

five - Introducing evidence into policy making in Ireland

pp 63-76

Part Two: - Policy analysis at various levels of government: from local to the EU

pp 77-78

six - Ireland’s ‘unique blend’: local government and policy analysis

pp 79-92

seven - Committees and the legislature

pp 93-106

eight - Policy analysis in the civil service

pp 107-122

nine - Europeanised policy making in Ireland

pp 123-138

Part Three: - Think tanks, interest groups, political parties and gender-based policy analysis

pp 139-140

ten - The social partners and the NESC: from tripartite dialogue via common knowledge events to network knowledge

pp 141-156

eleven - Thinks tanks and their role in policy making in Ireland

pp 157-170

twelve - Civil society organisations and policy analysis

pp 171-186

thirteen - Political parties and the policy process

pp 187-202

fourteen - Gender expertise and policy analysis

pp 203-216

Part Four: - The public, science and the media: the wider policy analysis environment in Ireland

pp 217-218

fifteen - Democratic innovations and policy analysis: climate policy and Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly (2016–18)

pp 219-234

sixteen - Irish science policy: a case study in evidence-based policy design for small open economies

pp 235-248

seventeen - Media discourses on the economy in Ireland: framing the policy possibilities

pp 249-262