Open AccessPolicy making in Northern Ireland: ignoring the evidence
Author(s) -
Colin Knox
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
policy and politics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.339
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1470-8442
pISSN - 0305-5736
DOI - 10.1332/030557308x307766
Subject(s) - civil servants , public administration , politics , government (linguistics) , political science , northern ireland , policy making , administration (probate law) , public policy , power sharing , power (physics) , political economy , sociology , law , philosophy , linguistics , ethnology , physics , quantum mechanics
The public policy making process in Northern Ireland during the period of direct rule from Westminster (1972-1999) was dominated by senior civil servants working for busy British ministers preoccupied with wider constitutional and security issues. The recent return to devolved government after its fitful start has ushered in a new era of policy making informed to a much greater extent by evidence gathering. This paper considers a significant policy issue, the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland, as a means of examining how policy making is influenced by macro political factors aimed at stabilising the power sharing Executive.
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