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[...]... students of public administration and public policy in Ireland with concrete illustrations of the operationalisation of alternative methodological approaches in relation to specific issues and topics in Irish politics and public administration In doing so, it will provide students of Irish politics, public administration and public policy with a unique collection of Irish case studies and source material... around increasingly complex policy areas, allowing decision-makers to progressively rely on external information to assist in the formation and application of Public administration and public policy in Ireland 8 public policy The practice of drafting in a non-political actor with expertise in a specific policy field offers policy- makers an alternative means of formulating policy, one that allows them... around an inner circle of finance capitalists This inner circle, espousing the City point of view, predominates in the formulation of state and business policy (J.Scott 1991:151–2) Epistemic communities The role and influence of ‘special advisers’ has demanded greater acknowledgement in public policy studies in recent years Think-tanks, special committees and subcommittees proliferate around increasingly... safety policy illustrates the emergence of an epistemic elite exercising privileged influence on the development of food safety policy in Ireland Agri-environmental policy in Ireland This policy area has already been subject to a number of policy network studies, which seek to explain the continuity and stability in policy development through the promotion and maintenance of political access (Collins... According to Mills: The conception of the power elite and of its unity rests upon the corresponding developments and the coincidence of interests among economic, political, and military organizations It also rests upon the similarity of origins and outlook, and the social and personal intermingling of the top circles from each of these dominant hierarchies (Mills 1956:292) Public administration and public. .. Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Social Studies, Trinity College, Dublin His recent publications include Suffer the Little Children: The Inside Story of Ireland s Industrial Schools (with Mary Raftery, New Island Books, 1999) and Crime Control in Ireland: The Politics of Intolerance (with Ian O’Donnell, Cork University Press, 2001) William K.Roche is Professor of Industrial Relations and Human... analysis and comparative politics or public administration A range of Irish public policy topics are presented and explained—each by reference to a distinct framework for analysis The book is intended to highlight (through readily presented Irish examples) the variety of alternative explanations available to students of politics and public administration who are interested in understanding how policy. .. consultancy and research work throughout Ireland as well as contributing book chapters to a number of specialist works in public administration Her research focuses on accountability and performance measurement in the health sector, the implementation of government strategy in healthcare and health inequalities She has published widely in this area in the International Review of Administrative Science, Administration, ... political decision making must be perceived as slow, corrupt and Elitism and agri-environmental policy in Ireland 9 ultimately irrational’ (Radaelli 1999:760) Thus, while the public might view traditional political actors with suspicion and mistrust, they often show a rejuvenated interest in science and the pursuit of truth, culminating in the public s desire and willingness to believe everything that science... theories situate the location of power in the policy- making world and deals with elitism, pluralism, Marxism and feminism The second examines alternative approaches to explaining the distribution of policy- making authority, looking at corporatism, clientelism, policy network and institutionalist approaches The third looks at alternative modes of explaining policy change and discusses the explanatory idioms . Association of Ireland. Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland Theory and Methods Edited by Maura Adshead and Michelle Millar LONDON AND NEW. public policy and administration, such studies do not facilitate students in developing an advanced understanding of the policy process and public administration.