Derek Birrell
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 253097 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Derek Birrell |
| NOMBRES | Derek |
| APELLIDO | Birrell |
| FIRMA | BIRRELL D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ulster |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 106 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1972 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Exploring Responses to the Collapse of Devolution in Northern Ireland 2017–2020 through the Lens of Multi-Level Governance
The system of devolution set up in Northern Ireland in 1999 has proved volatile and unstable. In 2017, the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed, following the resignation of the Sinn Féin, deputy First Minister. For a three-year period, Executive and legislative devolution ceased to operate. The UK Government opted not to impose Direct Rule from Westminster, as happened previously. This article examines the consequences of the absence of a devolv…
The Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party
This article assesses the implications of the 2017 Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the context of the Barnett Formula and intergovernmental relations post the devolution settlement and the Good Friday Agreement. In light of the parties’ shared objectives to strengthen and enhance the UK, the Confidence and Supply Agreement, sets out how the DUP would support the minority Co…
Hospital-Based Social Work
This article analyses the complexity and challenges of hospital-based social work in the rapidly changing and financially driven climate of health and social care. It is based on the findings of an exploratory qualitative study of social work in an acute hospital in Northern Ireland. It considers the intensity and variety of social work practice in this clinical setting and explores the challenges and rewards of inter-professional collaboration. …
Between Devolution and Direct Rule
It is over a year since the collapse of the devolved administration at Stormont, which left one region of the United Kingdom without a functioning executive. Reluctance to introduce direct rule from Westminster reduced Northern Ireland to a desiccated form of governance. This article examines the nature and form of government in this political vacuum. The consequences of this system are examined in terms of the absence of legislation, mechanisms …
Progress in Building Integration
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Devolution
The referendum vote for Remain in Scotland and Northern Ireland and the small majority for Leave in Wales immediately attracted much attention to the position of the devolved governments on Brexit negotiations and to the impact of Brexit on their jurisdictions. As the core of devolved powers relate to social policy, identifying the impact of leaving the EU on aspects of social policy is highly significant. This article examines the impact of EU p…
The Continuing Volatility of Devolution in Northern Ireland
Since the establishment of devolution in 1999, Northern Ireland's power‐sharing governments have been fragile and prone to crisis. However, following a decade of relative stability and cooperation between Nationalists and Unionists at Stormont, hopes were high that the devolved arrangements had finally become embedded and more resistant to collapse. This optimism was dashed when Sinn Féin brought down the devolved institutions in January 2017. A …
Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland
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
Welfare reform and devolution
The impact of devolution in the UK on social security is examined in the context of the major powers in the area continuing to be exercised by the Westminster government. Developments and principles involved are described in three perspectives and phases. First, the established model of parity with minor adjustments. Second, parity with enhanced discretion associated with the introduction of welfare reforms. Third, the prospect of the future tran…
Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland
This is a comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance that operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007. The major institutions of governance are described and examined in detail, including the often-neglected sectors of the role of the Westminster parliament, the civil service, local government, quangos, ombudsmen offices, cross-border structures and the public expenditure process. The book explain…
Qualitative research and policy-making in Northern Ireland
This article examines the formal policy-making process in Northern Ireland and the use of qualitative research. The multi-level nature of governance is explained with the division between devolved and non-devolved powers and the respective roles of the Northern Ireland Government and the UK Government as well as the different levels of policy-making within the Northern Ireland system of governance. Institutions for policy-making set up in 1999, f…
A Political History of the Two Irelands – From Partition to Peace
Policy Style and Governing without Consensus
Devolved government was established in N orthern I reland in 1999 at the same time as S cotland and W ales with a varying range of powers, particularly over the major areas of social policy including education. Devolution in N orthern I reland was set up on the basis of statutory power‐sharing in the core executive with a number of mechanisms to promote involvement by all sections of the community through their political representatives. This mar…
The structures of the NHS in Northern Ireland
Since the introduction of devolution in 1999 there has been a growth in comparative analysis of the National Health Service (NHS) as it has developed between England, Scotland and Wales. Several analyses have considered funding and policies on provision and performance, usually noting the difficulties in carrying out comparative evaluation. Few studies to date have included detailed analysis of Northern Ireland and this paper seeks to set out and…
Intergovernmental Relations and Political Parties in Northern Ireland
Intergovernmental relations (IGR) as a political principle and a mechanism of governance have played a major and distinctive role in Northern Ireland's political and constitutional development. This distinctiveness is apparent in the interpretation and scope of IGR, in party representation in intergovernmental fora and in the meaning and context of party incongruence. This article seeks to analyse the development and nature of IGR since the resto…
Policy Copying and Public Sector Reform in Northern Ireland
Policy copying or transfer has been identified as a significant feature of the operation of devolution in Scotland and Wales. Little attention has been paid to policy copying in relation to the system of devolution in Northern Ireland, particularly since 1999. One of the most important areas of change and policy implementation has been public sector reform. This paper examines the three main areas of public sector reform: the civil service, local…
Coalition Government in Northern Ireland
In analysing governance and social policy in Northern Ireland in the period of devolution 1999–2002 Eithne McLaughlin described and predicted the dominance of a lowest common denominator approach to the formulation of social policies. This paper examines the period of restored devolution 2007–11 using this thesis. It identifies the trends in the development of social policies after 2007 and examines social policy-making by the government under fi…
Devolution and social security
This paper evaluates and explains the complex relationship between the devolved government in Northern Ireland and social security law and practice. Unlike the situation in Scotland and Wales, social security in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. This opens up the possibility of developing separate policies and practice informed by the regional trends and needs. The paper outlines how and why the principle of parity has so strongly influenced…
The impact of devolution on social policy
The Impact of Devolution on Social Policy
With new devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this book provides a study of developments in the major areas of social policy and a full comparison between the four UK nations.
Direct Rule and the Governance of Northern Ireland
This is a comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance that operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007. The major institutions of governance are described and examined in detail, including the often-neglected sectors of the role of the Westminster parliament, the civil service, local government, quangos, ombudsmen offices, cross-border structures and the public expenditure process. The book explain…
The impact of devolution on social policy
Introduction The salience of social policy in devolved policy, governance and expenditure Innovations, flagship policies and distinctiveness Divergence in social policy Incremental change and low-level differences Convergence in social policy Interfaces and overlaps Underpinning values and principles Comparison of outcomes by country Conclusion
The Final Outcomes of the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland. Tensions and Compatibility With Devolution, Parity and Modernization
In terms of the configuration of structures and the distribution of functions for the delivery of public services, the final decisions on the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland encompass significant changes compared to those proposed in 2005. This article places that review in the context of a devolved system of public administration. It identifies four different phases of the review process which have had a differential impact o…
Devolution and quangos in the United Kingdom
Much attention has been paid to the asymmetrical features of devolution between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but the relationship of non-departmental public bodies and other quangos to the new devolved institutions presented a largely similar challenge and produced a degree of convergence in policies. This article examines why quangos and their position in the distribution of governance was a particularly salient issue in the context of d…
The role of local government in the review of public administration in Northern Ireland
A very limited system of local government has been one of the main characteristics of public administration in Northern Ireland for the past 35 years. Yet in the recently completed Review of Public Administration changes in local government occupied a very dominant position. This article gives an account of the reasons for this, analyses the processes which led to what may be viewed as an enhancement of local government but argues that the princi…
Relative Deprivation as a Factor in Conflict in Northern Ireland
The Voluntary-Community Sector and Political Development in Northern Ireland, Since 1972
This paper traces the development of the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland from the early 1970s onwards. Particular attention is given to the expansion of the voluntary and community sector in the 1970s, community action in conflict with government in the 1980s, and new funding—from the European Union and other international sources—for development work since the mid-1990s. More recent trends discussed include the rapprochement o…
Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland
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
Coalition Government in Northern Ireland
In analysing governance and social policy in Northern Ireland in the period of devolution 1999–2002 Eithne McLaughlin described and predicted the dominance of a lowest common denominator approach to the formulation of social policies. This paper examines the period of restored devolution 2007–11 using this thesis. It identifies the trends in the development of social policies after 2007 and examines social policy-making by the government under fi…
Exploring Responses to the Collapse of Devolution in Northern Ireland 2017–2020 through the Lens of Multi-Level Governance
The system of devolution set up in Northern Ireland in 1999 has proved volatile and unstable. In 2017, the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed, following the resignation of the Sinn Féin, deputy First Minister. For a three-year period, Executive and legislative devolution ceased to operate. The UK Government opted not to impose Direct Rule from Westminster, as happened previously. This article examines the consequences of the absence of a devolv…
The Northern Ireland Civil Service—from Devolution to Direct Rule
The Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party
This article assesses the implications of the 2017 Confidence and Supply Agreement between the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the context of the Barnett Formula and intergovernmental relations post the devolution settlement and the Good Friday Agreement. In light of the parties’ shared objectives to strengthen and enhance the UK, the Confidence and Supply Agreement, sets out how the DUP would support the minority Co…
Between Devolution and Direct Rule
It is over a year since the collapse of the devolved administration at Stormont, which left one region of the United Kingdom without a functioning executive. Reluctance to introduce direct rule from Westminster reduced Northern Ireland to a desiccated form of governance. This article examines the nature and form of government in this political vacuum. The consequences of this system are examined in terms of the absence of legislation, mechanisms …
The role of local government in the review of public administration in Northern Ireland
A very limited system of local government has been one of the main characteristics of public administration in Northern Ireland for the past 35 years. Yet in the recently completed Review of Public Administration changes in local government occupied a very dominant position. This article gives an account of the reasons for this, analyses the processes which led to what may be viewed as an enhancement of local government but argues that the princi…
The centralisation of local government functions in Northern Ireland — an appraisal
1978). The centralisation of local government functions in Northern Ireland — an appraisal. Local Government Studies: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 23-37
The Continuing Volatility of Devolution in Northern Ireland
Since the establishment of devolution in 1999, Northern Ireland's power‐sharing governments have been fragile and prone to crisis. However, following a decade of relative stability and cooperation between Nationalists and Unionists at Stormont, hopes were high that the devolved arrangements had finally become embedded and more resistant to collapse. This optimism was dashed when Sinn Féin brought down the devolved institutions in January 2017. A …
Policy Copying and Public Sector Reform in Northern Ireland
Policy copying or transfer has been identified as a significant feature of the operation of devolution in Scotland and Wales. Little attention has been paid to policy copying in relation to the system of devolution in Northern Ireland, particularly since 1999. One of the most important areas of change and policy implementation has been public sector reform. This paper examines the three main areas of public sector reform: the civil service, local…
The Final Outcomes of the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland. Tensions and Compatibility With Devolution, Parity and Modernization
In terms of the configuration of structures and the distribution of functions for the delivery of public services, the final decisions on the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland encompass significant changes compared to those proposed in 2005. This article places that review in the context of a devolved system of public administration. It identifies four different phases of the review process which have had a differential impact o…
Devolution
The referendum vote for Remain in Scotland and Northern Ireland and the small majority for Leave in Wales immediately attracted much attention to the position of the devolved governments on Brexit negotiations and to the impact of Brexit on their jurisdictions. As the core of devolved powers relate to social policy, identifying the impact of leaving the EU on aspects of social policy is highly significant. This article examines the impact of EU p…
Intergovernmental Relations and Political Parties in Northern Ireland
Intergovernmental relations (IGR) as a political principle and a mechanism of governance have played a major and distinctive role in Northern Ireland's political and constitutional development. This distinctiveness is apparent in the interpretation and scope of IGR, in party representation in intergovernmental fora and in the meaning and context of party incongruence. This article seeks to analyse the development and nature of IGR since the resto…
Devolution and social security
This paper evaluates and explains the complex relationship between the devolved government in Northern Ireland and social security law and practice. Unlike the situation in Scotland and Wales, social security in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. This opens up the possibility of developing separate policies and practice informed by the regional trends and needs. The paper outlines how and why the principle of parity has so strongly influenced…
Northern Ireland Business in Parliament
Journal Article Northern Ireland Business in Parliament: The Impact of the Suspension of Devolution in 2002 Get access Derek Birrell Derek Birrell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 60, Issue 2, APRIL 2007, Pages 297–312, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsm011 Published: 23 March 2007
The Integration of Health and Social Care
Mechanisms for the integration of social services with health have come to dominate the debate on providing a more seamless provision of health and social care. Working together at the health and social care interface has been strongly promoted and endorsed in government documents since the late 1990s. Moves towards integration have been treated with suspicion and scepticism in the academic literature, with many authors highlighting the many barr…
The nature and context of cross-border social work in Ireland
This article is concerned with mapping cross-border social work in Ireland. After a short background section on the nature of the Irish border, it evaluates and assesses the main areas of collaboration in social work. It argues that this type of work has been largely led by special project funding and is dependent on the skills, knowledge and commitment of a small number of individuals who have driven cross-border projects. Whilst there is a clea…
Ideology, Conflict and Social Policy
Social policy in Northern Ireland offers examples of social policies strongly influenced by ideological considerations. There are a number of factors which determine how susceptible services and policies are to ideological influences. Some services are particularly sensitive to ideological values and demands, for example, education. In certain areas the distribution of services and the allocation of resources has been significant in maintaining t…
Hospital-Based Social Work
This article analyses the complexity and challenges of hospital-based social work in the rapidly changing and financially driven climate of health and social care. It is based on the findings of an exploratory qualitative study of social work in an acute hospital in Northern Ireland. It considers the intensity and variety of social work practice in this clinical setting and explores the challenges and rewards of inter-professional collaboration. …
Qualitative research and policy-making in Northern Ireland
This article examines the formal policy-making process in Northern Ireland and the use of qualitative research. The multi-level nature of governance is explained with the division between devolved and non-devolved powers and the respective roles of the Northern Ireland Government and the UK Government as well as the different levels of policy-making within the Northern Ireland system of governance. Institutions for policy-making set up in 1999, f…
Policy Style and Governing without Consensus
Devolved government was established in N orthern I reland in 1999 at the same time as S cotland and W ales with a varying range of powers, particularly over the major areas of social policy including education. Devolution in N orthern I reland was set up on the basis of statutory power‐sharing in the core executive with a number of mechanisms to promote involvement by all sections of the community through their political representatives. This mar…
The Disintegration of local authority social services departments
Social services departments have been an integral feature of local authorities in England for delivering social services since 1970 with a distinct identity, a largely uniform set of social service functions and similar organisational structure. This model of a unified social services department has survived major structural reorganisations in local government, the community care initiatives and social services modernisation agendas. This paper r…
Relative Deprivation as a Factor in Conflict in Northern Ireland
Ideology, Conflict and Social Policy
Social policy in Northern Ireland offers examples of social policies strongly influenced by ideological considerations. There are a number of factors which determine how susceptible services and policies are to ideological influences. Some services are particularly sensitive to ideological values and demands, for example, education. In certain areas the distribution of services and the allocation of resources has been significant in maintaining t…
The Northern Ireland Civil Service—from Devolution to Direct Rule
The centralisation of local government functions in Northern Ireland — an appraisal
1978). The centralisation of local government functions in Northern Ireland — an appraisal. Local Government Studies: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 23-37
A Government of Northern Ireland and the Obstacle of Power‐sharing
The Voluntary-Community Sector and Political Development in Northern Ireland, Since 1972
This paper traces the development of the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland from the early 1970s onwards. Particular attention is given to the expansion of the voluntary and community sector in the 1970s, community action in conflict with government in the 1980s, and new funding—from the European Union and other international sources—for development work since the mid-1990s. More recent trends discussed include the rapprochement o…
The nature and context of cross-border social work in Ireland
This article is concerned with mapping cross-border social work in Ireland. After a short background section on the nature of the Irish border, it evaluates and assesses the main areas of collaboration in social work. It argues that this type of work has been largely led by special project funding and is dependent on the skills, knowledge and commitment of a small number of individuals who have driven cross-border projects. Whilst there is a clea…
The Integration of Health and Social Care
Mechanisms for the integration of social services with health have come to dominate the debate on providing a more seamless provision of health and social care. Working together at the health and social care interface has been strongly promoted and endorsed in government documents since the late 1990s. Moves towards integration have been treated with suspicion and scepticism in the academic literature, with many authors highlighting the many barr…
The Disintegration of local authority social services departments
Social services departments have been an integral feature of local authorities in England for delivering social services since 1970 with a distinct identity, a largely uniform set of social service functions and similar organisational structure. This model of a unified social services department has survived major structural reorganisations in local government, the community care initiatives and social services modernisation agendas. This paper r…
The role of local government in the review of public administration in Northern Ireland
A very limited system of local government has been one of the main characteristics of public administration in Northern Ireland for the past 35 years. Yet in the recently completed Review of Public Administration changes in local government occupied a very dominant position. This article gives an account of the reasons for this, analyses the processes which led to what may be viewed as an enhancement of local government but argues that the princi…
Northern Ireland Business in Parliament
Journal Article Northern Ireland Business in Parliament: The Impact of the Suspension of Devolution in 2002 Get access Derek Birrell Derek Birrell Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 60, Issue 2, APRIL 2007, Pages 297–312, https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsm011 Published: 23 March 2007
The Reform Agenda in the Northern Ireland Civil Service
This article examines the impact of the reform and modernization agenda of the United Kingdom Home Civil Service on the Northern Ireland Civil Service, which has always existed as a separate civil service. It seeks to identify the differentiation in responses to the main UK reform initiatives in recent years and, in particular, to consider in this context the first comprehensive reform document to be produced by the Northern Ireland Civil Service…
The Final Outcomes of the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland. Tensions and Compatibility With Devolution, Parity and Modernization
In terms of the configuration of structures and the distribution of functions for the delivery of public services, the final decisions on the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland encompass significant changes compared to those proposed in 2005. This article places that review in the context of a devolved system of public administration. It identifies four different phases of the review process which have had a differential impact o…
Devolution and quangos in the United Kingdom
Much attention has been paid to the asymmetrical features of devolution between Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but the relationship of non-departmental public bodies and other quangos to the new devolved institutions presented a largely similar challenge and produced a degree of convergence in policies. This article examines why quangos and their position in the distribution of governance was a particularly salient issue in the context of d…
The impact of devolution on social policy
The Impact of Devolution on Social Policy
With new devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, this book provides a study of developments in the major areas of social policy and a full comparison between the four UK nations.
Direct Rule and the Governance of Northern Ireland
This is a comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance that operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007. The major institutions of governance are described and examined in detail, including the often-neglected sectors of the role of the Westminster parliament, the civil service, local government, quangos, ombudsmen offices, cross-border structures and the public expenditure process. The book explain…
The impact of devolution on social policy
Introduction The salience of social policy in devolved policy, governance and expenditure Innovations, flagship policies and distinctiveness Divergence in social policy Incremental change and low-level differences Convergence in social policy Interfaces and overlaps Underpinning values and principles Comparison of outcomes by country Conclusion
Devolution and social security
This paper evaluates and explains the complex relationship between the devolved government in Northern Ireland and social security law and practice. Unlike the situation in Scotland and Wales, social security in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. This opens up the possibility of developing separate policies and practice informed by the regional trends and needs. The paper outlines how and why the principle of parity has so strongly influenced…
Coalition Government in Northern Ireland
In analysing governance and social policy in Northern Ireland in the period of devolution 1999–2002 Eithne McLaughlin described and predicted the dominance of a lowest common denominator approach to the formulation of social policies. This paper examines the period of restored devolution 2007–11 using this thesis. It identifies the trends in the development of social policies after 2007 and examines social policy-making by the government under fi…
Intergovernmental Relations and Political Parties in Northern Ireland
Intergovernmental relations (IGR) as a political principle and a mechanism of governance have played a major and distinctive role in Northern Ireland's political and constitutional development. This distinctiveness is apparent in the interpretation and scope of IGR, in party representation in intergovernmental fora and in the meaning and context of party incongruence. This article seeks to analyse the development and nature of IGR since the resto…
Policy Copying and Public Sector Reform in Northern Ireland
Policy copying or transfer has been identified as a significant feature of the operation of devolution in Scotland and Wales. Little attention has been paid to policy copying in relation to the system of devolution in Northern Ireland, particularly since 1999. One of the most important areas of change and policy implementation has been public sector reform. This paper examines the three main areas of public sector reform: the civil service, local…
Direct rule and the governance of Northern Ireland
This is a comprehensive study of direct rule as the system of governance that operated in Northern Ireland for most of the period between 1972 and 2007. The major institutions of governance are described and examined in detail, including the often-neglected sectors of the role of the Westminster parliament, the civil service, local government, quangos, ombudsmen offices, cross-border structures and the public expenditure process. The book explain…
Qualitative research and policy-making in Northern Ireland
This article examines the formal policy-making process in Northern Ireland and the use of qualitative research. The multi-level nature of governance is explained with the division between devolved and non-devolved powers and the respective roles of the Northern Ireland Government and the UK Government as well as the different levels of policy-making within the Northern Ireland system of governance. Institutions for policy-making set up in 1999, f…
A Political History of the Two Irelands – From Partition to Peace
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