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8/2/2019 Public Policy Making - Tutorial 3 Slides
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Public Policy MakingTutorial III
Review of Main Themes
Challenges facing Public Policy making in Ireland
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Themes
Risk &Uncertainty
DevelopmentalModels
Theories ofGovernance
InstitutionalApproach
Celtic
Tiger
PoliticalEconom
y
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Governance
Good governance
Network Management
Performance Management
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Institutions
Institutional Capacity
Transaction Costs
Institutional Change [Flexibility and Adaptability]
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Risk and uncertainty
'We have only risk management. The spinning of the givenmoment's scenarios. Patter recognition' Words from characterin William Giibson SF novel Pattern Recognition.
Risk society
Risk [and crisis] management
Risk and uncertainty
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Approaches to Development
Market Models
Neo-classical market
Dependency theories
Developmental Models [FDS / DWS]
Competition State
Embedded Autonomy
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Irish Political Economy
Future Directions
From crisis management to sustainable development
Democratic legitimacy
Implementation Challenges
The EU Crisis [for Ireland]
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Crisis Management
Banking
Fiscal
Economic [Competitiveness]
Social [Unemployment & Emigration]
Reputational
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Implementation : Can We Deliver
the resilience of key organisations of the state,
a fragmented regulatory framework,
lack of a credible model of multi-level governance
over reliance on strategic planning [lack of an integrated riskmanagement approach]
partnership fatigue [public sector links to private and voluntarysectors]
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Reform Environment
Weak regulatory regimes
Over concentration of administrative decision making
Failure to keep up with changes in EU
Agentisation
Legacy of incomplete management reforms
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Ireland and the EU
Failure to manage changing relations with EU
EUs emergence as regulatory state,
Failure to move on Lisbon agenda,
Regional/ local links
Crisis of Relations
Loss of input to EU decisions
Breakdown of relations with partner states
Declining support for EU in Ireland
Full re-assessment of relations with EU [NESC]
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Governance
Government in control
institutional capacity [performance]
lack of trust [democratic legitimacy]
Strengthened governance
Central government / Oireachtas
Centre-periphery balance
Agencies
Regulatory framework
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The role of the state in managingthe economy
International / external influences
Mixed economy / Keynesian model
Market dominance
Anglo Saxon v European influences
Membership of EU
Historical and Institutional Factors
Clientist and grant culture
Interventionist state [competitive corporatism]
Post recession
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Challenges to the welfare state
Economic recession / austerity
Role of welfare state
Safety net for disadvantaged [altruism / community]
Political
egalitarianism / redistribution of wealth Democratic compromise with nation state
Economic:
Reduction of uncertainty
Enhancement of aggregate demand
Springboard for growth
Individual empowerment [activation / dependency]
Strengthened workforce
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Globalisation and the Nation State
Globalisation and economic growth
Challenges to the nation state
domestic economy welfare state
democratic legitimacy
Outturns
economic benefits from globalisation re-assert themselves regional economies [behind barriers]
rejection of consumer model of economic growth
Impact on Ireland
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Economic Policy Making
Implementation of broad market strategy
Chicago School
Keynesian
Institutionalist
transaction costs
Beviaviouralist economics [Nudge]
Alternative Prosperity without growth
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EU and Ireland
Sovereignty and political legitimacy
Autonomy and economic performance
Integration within consolidated EURO / EU spheres
Approaches to policy making in EU
Reactive
Flexible / responsive
Influential
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Local Government
Purpose of local government
Improve economic performance
Decentralised decision making
Competition
Strengthen Democracy Participation [education and socialisation]
Subsidiarity
Centralised Model Crisis management
Economies of scale
Cost of change
Equality of treatment
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Regulation
Failure of regulation [banking collapse / building control]
Regulatory Reforms
Liberalisation / de-regulation
Consistent and integration regulatory framework
Governance issues
Resources
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Final Readings
Jackson, T [2009] Prosperity without Growth
NESC [122] Rethinking Europe
Skidelsky, R [2009] Keynes: Return of the Master
Nolan, P [2008] Dynamics of Regulation in Ireland
Adshead et al [2008] Contesting the State
Thaler & Sunstein [2008] Nudge