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Paper prepared for Comhar Sustainable Development Council National Conference: Dublin, 2007
The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, 2017
Irish political data 2001
Irish Political Studies, 2001
... Liz O'Donnell (PDs) Minister of State at the Dep... more ... Liz O'Donnell (PDs) Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for Overseas Development Assistance and Human Rights). ... Esmond Birnie (UUP) Alban Maginness (SDLP) Fred Cobain (UUP) ...
Joined-Up Government in Ireland: From Un-Strategic Choices to Patriotic Imperatives
International Journal of Public Administration, 2011
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, joined-up government has assumed a prominent place in the study an... more ABSTRACT Over the last decade, joined-up government has assumed a prominent place in the study and practice of public management. In this article, drawing on the Irish case we adopt an institutionalist approach to the issue of joining-up government and bureaucratic reform. We explore how the period of sustained and rapid economic growth in Ireland during the 1990s was also characterised by a fragmentation of the public service and proliferation of agencies. Subsequently, as a consequence of the sharp contraction in public spending brought about by the global financial crisis, we find an accelerated process of public sector recentralisation, retrenchment and de-agencification. Much of this is occurring in an unplanned manner but under the generic banner of ‘joining up’ government. We identify the drivers behind these dynamics and how they have manifested themselves, as well as the changes to political-administrative relationships brought about by new initiatives, the power imbalances they expose, and ultimately their consequences on public service delivery.
Managing for Legitimacy: Agency Governance in Its “Deep” Constitutional Context
Public Administration Review, 2016
Mapping and Understanding Organizational Change: Ireland 1922–2010
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
Analyzing Longitudinal Continuity and Change in Public Sector Organizations
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
Where do agencies go when they die? A longitudinal analysis of agency termination
soc.kuleuven.be
... Draft copy please do not cite without author's permission 1 I am grateful to Mary ... more ... Draft copy please do not cite without author's permission 1 I am grateful to Mary Shayne for compiling the data used here, and to Niamh Hardiman for comments on an earlier draft. Page 2. 2 ... the evolution of organizations. In particular, work by Hannan and Freeman (1989, ...
State Retrenchment and Administrative Reform in Ireland: Probing Comparative Policy Paradigms
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 2016
Public Administration and Administrative Reform in China for the 21 st Century
annual conference and on-line virtual …, 2001
... servant army. 4. Downsizing Personnel. To meet the fiscal pressure and crisis, the 1998 GOR p... more ... servant army. 4. Downsizing Personnel. To meet the fiscal pressure and crisis, the 1998 GOR proposed to downsize 50% of government employees. 5. Adjusting the relationship between Government and Enterprises. Chinese ...
Hardiman and MacCarthaigh. How governments retrench 2013
The Recycling of Political Accountability
... dimension of decision-making has not received similar attention. Finally, not without reason ... more ... dimension of decision-making has not received similar attention. Finally, not without reason the role of parliamentary accountability in Irish life has ... For example, quasi-judicial Tribunals of Inquiry, a new Standards in Public Office ...
ECPR Joint Sessions. Workshop 11 …, 2008
The governance, control and autonomy of public sector organizations in a multi-level and multi-actor setting
organisations'session 2007, 2007
Accountability in Irish Parliamentary Politics
... of corruption in Irish politics nevertheless presented ongoing challenges to the research, an... more ... of corruption in Irish politics nevertheless presented ongoing challenges to the research, and the PhD thesis on parliamentary accountability that emerged would not have been possible without the fantastic encouragement and confidence of my supervisor Niamh Hardiman, as ...
Paper prepared for Comhar Sustainable Development Council National Conference: Dublin, 2007
The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, 2017
Irish political data 2001
Irish Political Studies, 2001
... Liz O'Donnell (PDs) Minister of State at the Dep... more ... Liz O'Donnell (PDs) Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (with special responsibility for Overseas Development Assistance and Human Rights). ... Esmond Birnie (UUP) Alban Maginness (SDLP) Fred Cobain (UUP) ...
Joined-Up Government in Ireland: From Un-Strategic Choices to Patriotic Imperatives
International Journal of Public Administration, 2011
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, joined-up government has assumed a prominent place in the study an... more ABSTRACT Over the last decade, joined-up government has assumed a prominent place in the study and practice of public management. In this article, drawing on the Irish case we adopt an institutionalist approach to the issue of joining-up government and bureaucratic reform. We explore how the period of sustained and rapid economic growth in Ireland during the 1990s was also characterised by a fragmentation of the public service and proliferation of agencies. Subsequently, as a consequence of the sharp contraction in public spending brought about by the global financial crisis, we find an accelerated process of public sector recentralisation, retrenchment and de-agencification. Much of this is occurring in an unplanned manner but under the generic banner of ‘joining up’ government. We identify the drivers behind these dynamics and how they have manifested themselves, as well as the changes to political-administrative relationships brought about by new initiatives, the power imbalances they expose, and ultimately their consequences on public service delivery.
Managing for Legitimacy: Agency Governance in Its “Deep” Constitutional Context
Public Administration Review, 2016
Mapping and Understanding Organizational Change: Ireland 1922–2010
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
Analyzing Longitudinal Continuity and Change in Public Sector Organizations
International Journal of Public Administration, 2012
Where do agencies go when they die? A longitudinal analysis of agency termination
soc.kuleuven.be
... Draft copy please do not cite without author's permission 1 I am grateful to Mary ... more ... Draft copy please do not cite without author's permission 1 I am grateful to Mary Shayne for compiling the data used here, and to Niamh Hardiman for comments on an earlier draft. Page 2. 2 ... the evolution of organizations. In particular, work by Hannan and Freeman (1989, ...
State Retrenchment and Administrative Reform in Ireland: Probing Comparative Policy Paradigms
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 2016
Public Administration and Administrative Reform in China for the 21 st Century
annual conference and on-line virtual …, 2001
... servant army. 4. Downsizing Personnel. To meet the fiscal pressure and crisis, the 1998 GOR p... more ... servant army. 4. Downsizing Personnel. To meet the fiscal pressure and crisis, the 1998 GOR proposed to downsize 50% of government employees. 5. Adjusting the relationship between Government and Enterprises. Chinese ...
Hardiman and MacCarthaigh. How governments retrench 2013
The Recycling of Political Accountability
... dimension of decision-making has not received similar attention. Finally, not without reason ... more ... dimension of decision-making has not received similar attention. Finally, not without reason the role of parliamentary accountability in Irish life has ... For example, quasi-judicial Tribunals of Inquiry, a new Standards in Public Office ...
ECPR Joint Sessions. Workshop 11 …, 2008
The governance, control and autonomy of public sector organizations in a multi-level and multi-actor setting
organisations'session 2007, 2007
Accountability in Irish Parliamentary Politics
... of corruption in Irish politics nevertheless presented ongoing challenges to the research, an... more ... of corruption in Irish politics nevertheless presented ongoing challenges to the research, and the PhD thesis on parliamentary accountability that emerged would not have been possible without the fantastic encouragement and confidence of my supervisor Niamh Hardiman, as ...