Public Sector Reform in Ireland
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-57459-2 (ISBN)
This book provides a thematic case-study analysis of the wide-ranging public sector reforms introduced in one of the states most deeply affected by the global financial crisis: the Republic of Ireland. It presents a timely and apposite examination of how a crisis can be used to overcome barriers and facilitate new reform agendas. The study draws upon unique insider access to the centre of Irish government, as well as interviews with over 60 key figures, to examine the implementation of those reforms over the 2011-16 period. The book opens with a contextual analysis of the creation of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Subsequent chapters explore the process of shrinking the Irish state, renegotiating the political-administrative bargain, expenditure reforms, administrative culture reforms, and political reforms. This rich 'in action' study of a reform agenda undertaken during a period of crisis will appeal not only to students of executive politics, cutback managementand public sector reform, but also to practitioners seeking to implement administrative reforms.
Muiris MacCarthaigh is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Administration, Queen’s University Belfast, UK.
Introduction.- Chapter 1: Political and Administrative Contexts.- Chapter 2: A Ministry for Public Sector Reform.- Chapter 3: Through the Window of Reform.- Chapter 4: Shrinking the State: Organisational Reform and Rationalisation.- Chapter 5: Re-negotiating the 'Bargain'.- Chapter 6: Public Expenditure Reform.-Chapter 7: Culture Reform: Civil Service Renewal.- Chapter 8: Political Reform.- Conclusions.
"This book contributes much to the academic analysis of state retrenchment. In fact, it also contributes much to studies of government growth - not in terms of spending but in terms of bureaucratic size. ... Public Sector Reform in Ireland documents and analyses the complexities of whole-of-government reform to counter the financial crisis using the single case study of Ireland." (Yao Han, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, June, 2018)
"This is a book which needed to be written and Muiris MacCarthaigh has done us a great service by describing and analysing, in great depth, the public sector reforms which were initiated in the period 2011-2016 ... . I have no hesitation in recommending this book. It is a tremendous contribution to the existing literature in this field and I know that I will be using it extensively in the classroom." (Aodh Quinlivan, Irish Political Studies, February, 2018)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.08.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Executive Politics and Governance |
| Zusatzinfo | XV, 298 p. 15 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 539 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | administrative systems • Austerity • Celtic tiger • Civil Service Renewal • cutback management • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform • Executive Politics • Fiscal Policy • Global financial crisis • Governance and Government • Irish economy • Irish government • Irish public sector • New Public Management • organisational rationalisation • Political Economy • Political Science and International Studies • political structure & processes • Political structure & processes • politics & government • Politics & government • procurement consolidation • public administration • Public Expenditure Reform • Public Policy • Public sector reform • Shared Services • state agency rationalization • state-owned enterprise |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-57459-0 / 3319574590 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-57459-2 / 9783319574592 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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