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Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland

Birrell, Derek; Gormley-Heenan, Cathy

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Description for Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland hardcover. This book examines the governance arrangements in Northern Ireland through a multi-level lens, particularly in the period since the new institutions established through the 1998 Agreement became more firmly embedded. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JPH; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book examines the governance arrangements in Northern Ireland through a multi-level lens, particularly in the period since the new institutions established through the 1998 Agreement became more firmly embedded.

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Format

Hardback

Publication date

2015

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom

Number of pages

269

Condition

New

Number of Pages

256

Place of Publication

Basingstoke, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781137453990

SKU

V9781137453990

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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days

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99-15

About Birrell, Derek; Gormley-Heenan, Cathy

Cathy Gormley-Heenan is the Director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRISS) and a Professor of Politics in the School of Criminology, Politics & Social Policy at the Ulster University. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of political elites, peace processes, public policy and the politics of divided societies. Derek Birrell is Professor of Social ... Read more

Reviews for Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland

'This book is a crucial addition to the study of politics in Northern Ireland. The UK's political science literature is well served on the topic of conflict in Northern Ireland, but not its domestic policy and policymaking. As Birrell and Gormley-Heenan show, this is not because its policymaking is easy to understand! In fact, it is a key example of ... Read morecomplex government involving multiple levels of government, which overlap with each other in often unpredictable ways, and many types of policymaking organisations which produce what we call, for the sake of simplicity, 'policy'. Only a book length treatment does justice to the complicated and sometimes idiosyncratic nature of policymaking in Northern Ireland'. Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling, UK 'Though frequently analysed in studies of conflict resolution, Northern Ireland is only rarely examined in comparative analyses of devolution and multi-level government. By applying the concept of multi-level governance to Northern Ireland, Gormley-Heenan and Birrell have identified the specificities of government in Northern Ireland while also rendering clear its comparability. This book provides a thorough overview of the application of devolution in Northern Ireland in recent years and will provide valuable insights for students of government and politics in Northern Ireland as well as scholars of devolution and multi-level government across the UK and beyond.' Nicola McEwen, Associate Director, Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh, UK 'This is a detailed and deeply well-informed guide to the way in which UK, EU, supranational, all-Ireland and local as well as devolved levels of government all play their part in the contemporary governance of Northern Ireland. The governance of Northern Ireland can all too easily be read narrowly through localist political lenses, focusing on the internal world of devolved power-sharing; this is a valuable book for applying ideas from political science to broaden the perspective and hence encourage readers to think through the complexity of multi-level governance even in a society apparently still working out the problems of the past. A key source for students, researchers and practitioners seeking to understand post-devolution Northern Ireland.' Jonathan Bradbury, Chair in Politics, Swansea University, UK Show Less

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