Europeanisation and new patterns of governance in Ireland

Rees, Nicholas.

Europeanisation and new patterns of governance in Ireland [electronic resource] / Nicholas Rees, Bríd Quinn, Bernadette Connaughton. - Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009. - xiii, 247 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-231) and index.

Ireland and the European Union / Nicholas Rees, Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Europeanisation : a catalyst for change / Nicholas Rees and Bernadette Connaughton -- Mediating forces and the domestic polity / Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Political institutions and administrative adaptation / Bernadette Connaughton -- The Irish economy and Europe / Nicholas Rees -- Regional policy and politics / Bríd Quinn -- The politics of environmental policy / Bernadette Connaughton -- Does the CAP fit? Agriculture policy in Ireland and the EU / Bríd Quinn -- Ireland's foreign relations / Nicholas Rees -- Conclusions : institutional learning and adaptation to Europe / Nicholas Rees, Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton.

This title examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and implementation and how Ireland maximised the policy opportunities arising from membership of the EU while preserving embedded patterns of political behaviour.


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European Union--Ireland.


Ireland--Politics and government--1949-


Electronic books.

JN1415 / .R44 2009eb

320.9417