Policy Analysis in Ireland

John Hogan is Lecturer in International Political Economy and Irish Politics at the Technological University Dublin. He is a policy advisor to the Irish government on lobbying regulations and former chair of the comparative policy section of the MPSA.Mary P. Murphy is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University. Previously, she served as Commissioner in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (2013-2017). She is currently a member of the Council of State.

• Introduction: Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland ~ John Hogan and Mary P. MurphyPart I: History, styles, and methods of policy analysis in IrelandThe evolution of economic policy analysis in Ireland ~ Clare O’MahonyThe evolution of social policy analysis in Ireland ~ Fiona DukelowThe changing policy analysis capacity of the Irish State ~ Muris MacCarthaighIntroducing evidence into policy making in Ireland ~ Frances RuanePart II: Policy analysis at various levels of government; from local to the EUIreland’s ‘unique blend’ – local government and policy analysis ~ Aodh QuinlivanCommittees and the legislature ~ Bernadette ConnaughtonPolicy analysis in the civil service ~ Richard Boyle and Joanna O’RiordanEuropeanized policy making in Ireland ~ Mary C. MurphyPart III: Think tanks, interest groups, political parties and gender-based policy analysisThe social partners and the NESC: From tripartite dialogue via common knowledge events to network knowledge ~ Rory O’DonnellThinks tanks and their role in policy making in Ireland ~ Chris McInerneyCivil society organisations and policy analysis - Mary P. Murphy and Orla O’Connor Political parties and the policy process ~ Maura Adshead and Diarmuid Scully Gender expertise and policy analysis ~ Pauline CullenPart IV: The public, science and the media - the wider policy analysis environment in IrelandDemocratic innovations and policy analysis: Climate policy and Ireland’s citizens’ assembly (2016-2018) ~ Clodagh HarrisIrish science policy - a case-study in evidence-based policy design for small open economies ~ Eoin Cullina, Jason Harold and John McHaleMedia discourses on the economy in Ireland: Framing the policy possibilities ~ Brendan K. O’Rourke