Mapping Processes of Policy Change in Contemporary European Political Economies
The Irish Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12607277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Smith (0000-0002-5103-2454, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Nicola J Smith (0000-0002-7247-9562) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 519-538 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1481 • E-ISSN: 1467-856X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-856x.2006.00236.x |
| OpenAlex | W2035168964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article engages with debates about the trajectory of contemporary European political economies, emphasising in particular the need to map processes of policy change over time (by placing contemporary developments in historical perspective) and space (by considering a variety of policy areas). The article then explores these issues with respect to the Irish case. Placing more recent developments within historical perspective, it argues that the trajectory of the Irish state is not best characterised in terms of a shift from one state form (the ‘activist state’) to another (‘the competition state’). Rather, the path of Irish economic and social policy has been both highly complex and (at times) contradictory, so that change is best characterised in terms of the ebb and flow of tendencies and counter-tendencies rather than in terms of a shift between state forms
Competition (biology · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Irish · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Political Analysis
Introduction
Introduction
Partisan Politics in the Global Economy
The Celtic Tiger in Distress
Saved from Extinction
The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland
Policy punctuations in the UK
Understanding Contemporary Ireland
Welfare state development in the context of European integration and economic convergence
Common origins, different paths
Deconstructing ‘globalisation’ in Ireland
An Evolutionary Theory of Long-Term Economic Growth
Paradoxes of the Competition State
Approaches to the State
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics
The Economic Development of Ireland in the Twentieth Century
Making Time for Change
The Flexible Developmental State
Globalization, 'New Tigers,' and the End of the Developmental State? The Case of the Celtic Tiger
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2013 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |