Introduction: Contextualising policy analysis in Ireland ~ John Hogan and Mary P. Murphy
Part I: History, styles, and methods of policy analysis in Ireland
The evolution of economic policy analysis in Ireland ~ Clare O’Mahony
The evolution of social policy analysis in Ireland ~ Fiona Dukelow
The changing policy analysis capacity of the Irish State ~ Muris MacCarthaigh
Introducing evidence into policy making in Ireland ~ Frances Ruane
Part II: Policy analysis at various levels of government; from local to the EU
Ireland’s ‘unique blend’ – local government and policy analysis ~ Aodh Quinlivan
Committees and the legislature ~ Bernadette Connaughton
Policy analysis in the civil service ~ Richard Boyle and Joanna O’Riordan
Europeanized policy making in Ireland ~ Mary C. Murphy
Part III: Think tanks, interest groups, political parties and gender-based policy analysis
The social partners and the NESC: From tripartite dialogue via common knowledge events to network knowledge ~ Rory O’Donnell
Thinks tanks and their role in policy making in Ireland ~ Chris McInerney
Civil society organisations and policy analysis - Mary P. Murphy and Orla O’Connor
Political parties and the policy process ~ Maura Adshead and Diarmuid Scully
Gender expertise and policy analysis ~ Pauline Cullen
Part IV: The public, science and the media - the wider policy analysis environment in Ireland
Democratic innovations and policy analysis: Climate policy and Ireland’s citizens’ assembly (2016-2018) ~ Clodagh Harris
Irish science policy - a case-study in evidence-based policy design for small open economies ~
Eoin Cullina, Jason Harold and John McHale
Media discourses on the economy in Ireland: Framing the policy possibilities ~ Brendan K. O’Rourke