Ireland and the European Union / Nicholas Rees, Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Europeanisation : a catalyst for change / Nicholas Rees and Bernadette Connaughton -- Mediating forces and the domestic polity / Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton -- Political institutions and administrative adaptation / Bernadette Connaughton -- The Irish economy and Europe / Nicholas Rees -- Regional policy and politics / Bríd Quinn -- The politics of environmental policy / Bernadette Connaughton -- Does the CAP fit? Agriculture policy in Ireland and the EU / Bríd Quinn -- Ireland's foreign relations / Nicholas Rees -- Conclusions : institutional learning and adaptation to Europe / Nicholas Rees, Bríd Quinn and Bernadette Connaughton
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231) and index
