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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