Politics and Social Partnership - Flexible Network Governance
This paper reassesses the relationship between social partnership and the broader Irish policy process. What has developed may be conceptualised as “flexible network governance”. While pay regulation may be less strongly institutionalised than in other countries with national-level pay deals, social partnership has created networks for establishing and maintaining priorities that matter to those involved in the process. These have not replaced conventional methods of developing policy. Nor do they displace government prerogative - politics can trump partnership. Social partnership is open to some criticism on grounds of both effectiveness and legitimacy. But is has proven robust to date on the core issues it deals with.
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2006
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Authors: | Hardiman, Niamh |
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The Economic and Social Review. - Economic and Social Studies. - Vol. 37.2006, p. 343-374
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Economic and Social Studies |
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