Europeanisation and new patterns of governance in Ireland [electronic resource] / Nicholas Rees, Br�id Quinn, Bernadette Connaughton.
Publication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009.Description: xiii, 247 p. : illISBN:- 9780719076206 (cased)
- 071907620X (cased)
- 9781847793362 (e-book)
- 320.9417 22
- JN1415 .R44 2009eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-231) and index.
Ireland and the European Union / Nicholas Rees, Br�id Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Europeanisation : a catalyst for change / Nicholas Rees and Bernadette Connaughton -- Mediating forces and the domestic polity / Br�id Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Political institutions and administrative adaptation / Bernadette Connaughton -- The Irish economy and Europe / Nicholas Rees -- Regional policy and politics / Br�id Quinn -- The politics of environmental policy / Bernadette Connaughton -- Does the CAP fit? Agriculture policy in Ireland and the EU / Br�id Quinn -- Ireland's foreign relations / Nicholas Rees -- Conclusions : institutional learning and adaptation to Europe / Nicholas Rees, Br�id Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton.
This title examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and implementation and how Ireland maximised the policy opportunities arising from membership of the EU while preserving embedded patterns of political behaviour.
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